Distribution of space debris in orbit around Earth
This animation shows different types of space debris objects and different debris sizes in orbit around Earth.
For debris objects bigger than 10 cm the data come from the US Space Surveillance Catalogue.
The information about debris objects smaller than 10 cm is based on a statistical model by ESA.
Number of space debris objects in orbit:
Bigger than 1m: 5 400 objects
Bigger than 10 cm: 34 000 objects (among them are only 2 000 active satellites)
Bigger than 1cm: 900 000 objects
Bigger than 1mm: 130 000 000 objects
Colour code:
Red: satellites (functional or dysfunctional)
Yellow: rocket bodies
Green: mission related objects (covers, caps, adapters, etc.)
Blue: fragments
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