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    3 months ago

    US Space Command said in December that the population of space debris in orbit has increased by 76 percent since 2019 to 44,600 objects. The uptick in space junk is primarily due to debris-generating events, such as anti-satellite tests or occasional explosions.

    Holy crap, that’s a huge increase in such a short time. Were there other dumbfuck ASAT tests during this time than that one Russian one?

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        3 months ago

        Oh yeah I know about the previous tests but the article specifically said that there’s been a 76% increase since 2019. Guess the Indian test might also have played into it, I’d completely forgotten about that one