Category:Orbital debris

This is the category for orbital debris, non-functional items left in Earth orbit.

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• 10 September 2011: Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
• 28 August 2010: Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation
• 14 May 2010: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches for the final time
• 12 March 2009: Space debris threatened International Space Station, astronauts temporarily evacuated
• 16 February 2009: US military says 'fireballs' spotted over Texas are not related to satellite collision
• 15 February 2009: Burning debris from satellites spotted over several US cities
• 13 February 2009: Russian and US satellites collide
• 13 May 2007: Object that fell through roof of New Jersey home not a meteorite
• 29 March 2007: Wikinews Shorts: March 29, 2007
• 6 January 2007: Meteorite falls through roof of house in New Jersey

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A spent Delta II rocket stage left in orbit (Image: United States Air Force Research Laboratory using the XSS-10 satellite)