Space debris, conceptual illustration. Space debris includes thousands of inactive satellites, fragments of broken up spacecraft and equipment lost by astronauts. It can cause harm or destruction to other objects travelling at high speeds in both low Earth orbit (LEO, up to 2000 kilometres altitude) and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO, around 35, 700 kilometres altitude). | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
Bildgröße: | 5315 px × 3383 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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