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Debris objects in low-Earth orbit

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Esa/Novapix

Reference

e-sat99-00107

Date

2008-05-05

Debris objects in low-Earth orbit (LEO) Eighty percent of all catalogued objects are in low-Earth orbit (LEO), which extends to 2000 km above the Earth's surface. To observe the Earth, spacecraft must orbit at such a low altitude. The spatial density of objects increases at high latitudes.