AI Battles the Bane of Space Junk

Photos from low-earth orbit (LEO) are often strikingly beautiful. But what they typically fail to capture is the tens of thousands of debris pieces, or “space junk,” that orbit around Earth’s face like hungry mosquitos—and threaten to hit satellites and other orbiting assets with enough force to be destructive. Such pieces of space junk ---only a fraction of which space agencies like NASA and ESA can track with ground-based telescopes--- are only going to multiply as mega-constellations like …

artificial intelligence debris earth face international space station low low earth orbit oneweb photos satellites space space junk starlink