‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control. Via @guardian #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #KesslerSyndrome 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

‘This feels fragile’: how a sa...
‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

The Guardian

"There are a lot more things in orbit now than with Artemis I"

yeah, we're all very aware of that problem....

#KesslerSyndrome #NASA #ArtemisII #Starlink

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

Frederick O'Brien, Ashley Kirk and Oliver Holmes
Tue 31 Mar 2026 06.15 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/mar/31/this-feels-fragile-how-a-satellite-smashing-chain-reaction-could-spiral-out-of-control

#KesslerSyndrome #KesslerEffect #SpaceXSucks #SpacePollution #LEO

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

The Guardian

🛰️ Starlink sprays debris after another satellite 'anomaly'

「 Orbital object tracking company LeoLabs called the incident "a fragment creation event" and reckoned it was likely caused by "an internal energetic source rather than a collision with space debris or another object." That internal source could be something related to the satellite's propulsion system or perhaps its batteries 」

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/starlink_sprays_debris_into_orbit/

#spacex #musk #Kesslersyndrome

Starlink sprays debris into orbit following another satellite 'anomaly'

: No risk to ISS or Artemis, but not ideal for operator peace of mind

The Register

#KesslerSyndrome has entered the chat... (maybe)

Which do you think they mean?? #StarLink terminals? Or StarLink *SATELLITES*?? 🤔

@lina dunno but there's a hashtag: #KesslerSyndrome
SpaceX Starlink satellite suffers mysterious ‘anomaly’ in orbit

Elon Musk’s space Internet company said this satellite, which appears to have blown to pieces, did not appear to pose a risk to the ISS or the upcoming NASA moon mission

Scientific American
#kesslersyndrome but for #npm packages.
Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris

For the second time in just over three months, a SpaceX Starlink satellite has generated debris from an apparent on-orbit malfunction.

SpaceNews