A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
19/2026

🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 33,759 (+86)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 15,768 (+107)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,015 (-1)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,400
❓ Unknown objects: 51 (-10)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,525 (-10)

43 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.

#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding

Canada Updates Space Launch and Re-Entry Regulations in Canada Space Launch Act.

New regulations have strict de-orbiting mandates for controlled re-entries for non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) within five years after operational life.

Includes potential liability for debris affecting Canadian airspace, and Operators must submit debris mitigation plans, register for space situational awareness, and prove compliance. https://satnews.com/2026/04/29/canada-tightens-re-entry-regulations-as-spacex-starlink-constellations-descend/ #Canada #Space #SpaceLaunchAct #Satellites #SpaceCraft #Re_Entry #De_Orbit #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #Liability #LowEarthOrbit #NGSO

#TheRegister:
"
SpaceX rocket set for unintentional Moon landing – well, a piece of it anyway
"
".. upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket used to launch the Blue Ghost and Hakuto-R lunar lander is set to have its own close encounter with the Moon .. projected the August 5 impact. .."

https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/spacex_debris_landing/

1.5.2026

#debris #Falcon9 #Mond #moon #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceJunk #SpaceX #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott

Vandenberg SFB Launch Alert

"...The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 17-36 mission to low-Earth orbit, Wednesday evening, April 29, 2026, between 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4).
...

There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions...."

#launch #spacex #vandenbergsfb #spacejunk #sonicboom #VenturaCounty #SantaBarbaraCounty

A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
18/2026

🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 33,673 (+71)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 15,661 (+75)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,016 (-2)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,400 (+3)
❓ Unknown objects: 61
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,535 (-5)

31 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.

#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding

A great interview with @sundogplanets here: https://thenarwhal.ca/space-junk-falling-50th-parallel/ - very good reporting!

everything that’s in low Earth orbit, which is most of the satellites — including all of the 10,000-plus Starlink satellites — at the end of their life, they get burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, because it’s convenient. And so far, it looks like Starlink is actually doing a pretty good job of burning up.

Funny, but painfully so. And, for scale:

There was a period of time, about six months, where Starlink burned up 500 satellites. That’s around three per day. In that time period, they exceeded the natural infall rate from meteorites by at least twice as much — so, adding at least twice as much aluminium as what naturally comes into the atmosphere every day for six months

And it mentions Fedi's favourite Senator @Paulatics and the inquiry she launched https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/simons-paula/interventions/689271/37

Thanks for this great reporting, @thenarwhal !

#space #spaceJunk #spaceX #satellites #CDNPoli

Another day, another launch., another chance to win the Kessler syndrome pool! (what's the odds on Kessler Syndrome on those scam...er...market sites?)

Vandenberg SFB:

"The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 17-16 mission to low-Earth orbit, Sunday, April 26, 2026, between 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4)."

#launch #SantaBarbara #Vandenberg #VenturaCounty #rockets #spacejunk

What Have We Dumped on the Moon?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/what-have-we-dumped-on-the-moon/