Guide to the website of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation
The new features of 2012 - Leggi
Leggi in ItalianoRead also: presentation of the site in the 2006 version
Categorie this site
Quale soluzione per i rifiuti spaziali?
La crescita esponenziale del numero di detriti che orbitano attorno alla Terra - fra satelliti in disuso, rottami generati da collisioni, oggetti smarriti e quant'altro - è un chiaro esempio di come lo sviluppo di tecnologie utili non abbia saputo prevedere l'impatto che queste avrebbero avuto sull'ambiente. - Leggi 
Categorie Astrofisica,
A D-Orbit la menzione speciale della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti
La Fondazione Giannino Bassetti ha conferito a D-ORBIT la menzione speciale per la startup che ha dimostrato di agire con il modus operandi più consapevole. - Leggi 
Satellite Dependency Problems?
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Categorie Report
A possible solution to the space debris problem?
Last year Jonathan Hankins filed two posts dealing with the problems of debris from space exploration and satellite use and the danger it poses to satellite and space station personnel. In this posting we look at a possible solution. - Leggi 
Space Station Briefly Evacuated Due To Possible Space Debris Collision
A piece of debris of about 13 cm in diameter and probably part of a spent satellite motor was due to pass through the possible collision zone and even though the possibility of contact was minimal (passing about 4.5 KM from the station) NASA decided to be prudent and take precautionary steps. - Leggi 
See also: Satellite traffic problems by Jonathan Hankins
Satellite traffic problems
On February 10th there was a traffic accident of a new type. Two satellites were involved, one an American "Iridium" communications satellite and the other an abandoned Russian "Cosmos" military satellite. The American satellite was still in use but the Russian machine had been out of service since 1995 and was no longer actively controlled. It had been launched on 16th June 1993 and was in service for 2 years. The crash took place 491miles above Siberia in one of the most popular orbits for these types of vehicle (military, weather and communications). - Leggi 
