The recent breakup of a Chinese Long March 6A rocket has generated more than 300 pieces of trackable debris in low-Earth orbit, according to a statement from US Space Command.
The debris poses no immediate threats, the agency assured, but the incident adds to the growing concern over space junk cluttering Earth’s orbit.
As space activity continues to increase, the accumulation of debris from broken satellites, defunct spacecraft, and now rockets like the Long March 6A remains a critical challenge.
The fragments from this breakup join thousands of other pieces of space debris that orbit the Earth, posing potential hazards to satellites, the International Space Station, and future missions.
