In September the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) reported on the re-entry of ESA's satellite 'Salsa', which landed in the South Pacific. and the debris from Polaris Dawn mission which re-entered over the Atlantic.
NSpOC are currently tracking debris from the breakup of Intelsat 33E which took place on the 19th October, and maintaining an assessment of collision risk to UK satellites including SKYNET 5D, a UK military operations satellite. This is the second fragmentation in GEO in as many months, with Atlas 5 Centaur rocket body fragmenting in September.
The most recent NSpOC public monthly report records monitoring of 50 uncontrolled debris re-entries, and warnings to UK-licensed satellite operators of over 3,000 potential collision risks, the highest monthly number of such warnings this year. Recent uncontrolled re-entries peaked in August at 89, when the numbers were particularly high due to planned re-entry campaigns which were designed for demise.
• Read the August NSpOC report
• Read the September NSpOC report
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