United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85196
Space Debris
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1 December 2021
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6 December 2021 · Answer
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6 December 2021
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the volume of debris and space junk including obsolete satellites that are orbiting the earth; what assessment he has made of the potential danger suc
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1 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the volume of debris and space junk including obsolete satellites that are orbiting the earth; what assessment he has made of the potential danger suc
Source: Commons
6 December 2021
Answer
The UK is the leading contributor to the European Space Agency’s Space Safety programme, who estimate there may be more than 36,000 pieces of space debris in orbit larger than 10cm. This is just the number we can reliably track, there are likely to be man...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-01/85196
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1383814
- uk · wq-1383814 · source updated 6 December 2021