Sampah antariksa

Sampah luar angkasa terlihat dari orbit geosinkron.

Sampah luar angkasa adalah obyek di orbit sekitar Bumi yang diciptakan oleh manusia, yang tidak lagi berguna. Sampah luar angkasa terdiri atas satelit yang tidak berfungsi lagi hingga fragmentasi ledakan, debu, atau partikel kecil lainnya. Awan partikel yang sangat kecil dapat menyebabkan kerusakan erosif.

Pranala luar

• NASA J-Track 3-D; an interactive, 3-dimensional plot showing the position of over 900 satellites
• NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
• Space-Track - The Source for Space Surveillance Data
• EISACT Space Debris during the international polar year
• "What is Orbital Debris?" from the Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies at The Aerospace Corporation
• Would a Saturn-like ring system around planet Earth remain stable? - A. Ahad
• Intro to mathematical modeling of space debris flux
• Leonard David, "The Clutter Above," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2005.
• SOCRATES: A free daily service predicting close encounters on orbit between satellites and the thousands of rocket bodies and other pieces of debris orbiting Earth.
• A summary of current space debris by type and orbit.
• Space Junk Astronomy Cast episode #82, includes full transcript.
• Paul Maley's Satellite Page - Space debris (with photos) which has reentered the atmosphere intact.
• Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures
• Don Kessler's Web Page
• "Space the final junkyard" documentary film