Space Debris

By Michael Reher ATLAS capstone course final project For over 50 years now we have been launching satellites into space to explore our planet and the rest of the universe. But satellites are very expensive so in order to save money after they are dead we just leave them to orbit forever, becoming space debris and polluting low earth orbit. This pollution is dangers to current and future satellites because these objects are moving so fast that if they collide the results are devastating. Such was the case of