Product Name: Space Domain
Manufacturer Name: Maxar Technologies
Product Description: Space is increasingly becoming crowded. According to the U.S. Department of Defense’s global Space Surveillance Network, more than 15,000 pieces of space debris larger than 4 inches have been tracked. It is also estimated that there are around 200,000 pieces sized between 0.4 and 4 inches, and millions of pieces smaller than 1 cm. According to NASA, much more debris—too small to be tracked, but large enough to threaten human spaceflight and robotic missions—exists in the near-Earth space environment. Since both the debris and spacecraft are traveling at extremely high speeds (approximately 15,700 mph in LEO), an impact of even a tiny piece of orbital debris with a spacecraft could create big problems.
Country: United States
Status: Published
Main Category: Product Directory | Electro-Optics / Optronics
Sub-Categories: SATELLITES AND SPACE TEHCNOLOGIES (AERO) | SATELLITES AND SPACE TEHCNOLOGIES (AERO) | TESTING / CALIBRATION AND ANALYSIS (AERO) | AIR DEFENCE PRODUCTS
