Tag: Space Junk

Space junk is a problem that has to be tackled at the world level. An assignment was undertaken by astroscale and various governmental organisations.

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX aiming to provide fast and low latency internet access to everyone.. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit, which communicate with designated ground transceivers. Starlink currently provides internet speeds between 50-150 Mbps with latency of 20-40 milliseconds in most locations of its service. 

Ever since, the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, we have launched more than 10,000 satellites, with nearly 6,000 still in orbit out of which about only 3,000 are currently operational. The amount of space junk generated by them is so much that it's now becoming a huge concern to us.