ABOUT    An interdisciplinary research and visual art project,  investigating the visibility of orbital debris.

ARTIST      Isabella Ong
CURATOR   Seet Yun Teng

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ABOUT    An interdisciplinary research and visual art project,  investigating the visibility of orbital debris.

ARTIST      Isabella Ong
CURATOR   Seet Yun Teng

○ PROJECT INFO        ○ INDEX        ○ CONTACT


Space Debris by the Numbers

Last update: 11 August 2022


Number of rocket launches since the start of the space age in 1957
About 6250 (excluding failures)

Number of satellites these rocket launches have placed into Earth orbit
About 13630

Number of these still in space
About 8850

Number of these still functioning
About 6700

Number of debris objects regularly tracked by Space Surveillance Networks and maintained in their catalogue
About 32430

Estimated number of break-ups, explosions, collisions, or anomalous events resulting in fragmentation
More than 630

Total mass of all space objects in Earth orbit
More than 10100 tonnes

Not all objects are tracked and catalogued.
The number of debris objects estimated based on statistical models to be in orbit (MASTER-8, future population 2021)
36500 space debris objects greater than 10 cm
1000000 space debris objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm
130 million space debris objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm



ARTIST:
Isabella Ong
CURATOR:
Seet Yun Teng
SUPPORTED BY:
National Arts Council Singapore