Published May 2, 2018 This content is archived.
An article in the Washington Examiner about the need to track the space debris circling in low-Earth orbit interviews John Crassidis, director of UB’s Center for Multisource Information Fusion and Samuel P. Capen Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, who said space junk in low-Earth orbit consists of items such as rocket bodies and debris from collisions, and will eventually come down.
Determining the path of objects is difficult, since knowing the speed and direction depends on calculations based on details such as shape that are not readily available, he said, adding that radar systems that track space junk are not integrated, meaning there’s no central hub, and there are large gaps in coverage, including over unfriendly territory.
Read the story here.
