Odin Space Prepares to Begin Detecting Orbital Debris Written 28 June 2023
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Computer-generated depiction of space debris as could be seen from high Earth orbit. | Credit: NASA; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Space News reports that Odin Space is “preparing to start detecting tiny but potentially dangerous pieces of orbital debris in the coming weeks from a sensor on a recently launched space tug.” The venture announced “that it had successfully powered up the demo sensor, integrated with D-Orbit’s small satellite-carrying ION orbital transfer vehicle that SpaceX launched earlier this month to low Earth orbit.” The sensor’s sensitivity “is cranked up high to detect background vibrations from the host satellite to test core systems, but will be tuned for detecting surrounding debris as small as one-tenth of a millimeter.”
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