What goes up and never comes back

We know how satellites influence the way we live and how they help us in our everyday life, from navigation to leisure including other innumerable aplications. But if we have learnt something since what happened last week with the Russian satellite Phobos Grunt is the danger these objects may mean.

There are about 974 satellites orbiting above our heads -considering only operative ones- as there are other thousands objects up there. So it's pretty important to become aware of the situation we are living. That's why a film featuring space junk as main character is about to be released.

As space gets more crowded, the likelihood of a collision to happen increases, such collision would mean more uncontrolled objects flying and threatening other satellites. For instance, in 2009, Iridium 33 collided with Kosmos 225, resulting in hundreds of pieces of junk. In 2010, the control of Galaxy 15 was also lost though later recovered.

For further information about the film, you can visit the official web. A guide for educators is also available.

Via: FastCo Design

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