The amount of space debris around the Earth valued at more than 7 thousand tons
The amount of space debris around the Earth valued at more than 7 thousand tons Moscow. 18 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — the US, Russia and China are the leaders in the pollution of near-earth space debris, according to a published abstract of the article prepared for the “Royal readings” at the Moscow state technical University named after N. E. Bauman. “Mass of trash (in 2017 this mass is about 7.2 thousand tons) in orbit continues to grow — over the last three years, it grew every year by about 100 tons, or about 2%,” the scientists write. “The leader in number of space debris is the US, in second place — Russia and the third — China. These countries account for 93% of space debris. Annually, its total volume increases by four percent”, — stated in the thesis. Most space debris is formed due to the destruction and collision orbiters. In