[Utah-astronomy] Lot of stuff up there.

5 Nov 2012

      Like the subject line says, there's a lot of stuff up there.

patrick

Objects being tracked on Earth orbit as of 3 October 2012.

Country     Payloads    Debris     Total
CHINA.               131.     3595.    3726
CIS.                  1421.     4774.    6195
ESA.                    41.         45.         86
FRANCE.            55.        437.       492
INDIA.                 48.       127.        175
JAPAN.              121.        78.        199
USA.                1123.     3823.     4946
OTHER.             597.       114.       711
TOTAL.           3537.    12993.   16530

Source: Orbital Debris Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2012.

[Utah-astronomy] Lot of stuff up there.

Wiggins Patrick