The Kessler Effect: A Growing Threat to Our Space Operations

I’ve been watching space debris issues for years, and the numbers are getting scary. Everyone is talking about the Kessler Effect. Let me break this down in a way that shows just how serious this has become. Right now, tracking systems watch about 47,000 objects circling Earth – double what we saw in 2013. Here’s the really concerning part: only about 25% of these are working satellites. The rest? Just dangerous junk floating around up there. You might wonder what makes this such a big deal. Well, it comes down to something called the Kessler effect – basically a chain… Continue reading