Since 1957 we have launched space ships, rockets and instruments to the space and every one have generated thousands of space debris.
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The Hubble space telescope has changed more than once all their solar panels due to damages from space junk.
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In the last 59 years, since it was launched the first artificial satelite to the space, there are 18,000 pieces of space debris orbiting the earth with a speed of 29,000 Km/h on average.
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Projects are being put in place to keep satellites safe from space debris, predicting the potential impact, changing its orbit to avoid a collision, and subsequently returning it to its orbit of origin.
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There are 2,700 satelites running and they share orbit with 8,800 tons of space junk.