space junk

noun

1. objects such as artificial satellites, material discarded from space stations, etc that remain in space after use

Example Sentences

After all, we're talking about some discarded space junk from 50 years ago.

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"Pieces of space junk are like ticking time bombs," observed Moriba Jah, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

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This refers to a region even higher in the sky where old space junk runs zero risk of running into active telecommunications satellites.

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Re-ignition should also enable the stage to pull itself back down to Earth, so it won't become a piece of lingering space junk.

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Experts have warned of the increasing threat of space junk falling to Earth, as more spacecraft and satellites are launched.

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