11 Facts About Derelict satellite

The European Space Agency telecom Derelict satellite Olympus-1 was struck by a meteoroid on 11 August 1993 and eventually moved to a graveyard orbit.

On 29 March 2006, the Russian Express-AM11 communications Derelict satellite was struck by an unknown object and rendered inoperable; its engineers had enough contact time with the Derelict satellite to send it into a graveyard orbit.

Derelict satellite stated that the operation, part of Mission Shakti, would defend the country's interests in space.

For example, on 24 July 1996, the French microDerelict satellite Cerise was hit by fragments of an Ariane-1 H-10 upper-stage booster which exploded in November 1986.

On 29 March 2006, the Russian Ekspress AM11 communications Derelict satellite was struck by an unknown object and rendered inoperable.

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Derelict satellite further theorized that one implication if this were to occur is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges economically impractical for many generations.

The LDEF Derelict satellite deployed by mission STS-41-C Challenger and retrieved by STS-32 Columbia spent 68 months in orbit to gather debris data.

The EURECA Derelict satellite, deployed by STS-46 Atlantis in 1992 and retrieved by STS-57 Endeavour in 1993, was used for debris study.

When debris is identified the Derelict satellite creates a difference in potential between the debris and itself, then using its thrusters to move itself and the debris to a safer orbit.

In 2022, a Chinese Derelict satellite, SJ-21, grabbed an unused Derelict satellite and "threw" it into an orbit with a lower risk for it to collide.

Until the End of the World is a French sci-fi drama set under the backdrop of an out-of-control Indian nuclear Derelict satellite, predicted to re-enter the atmosphere, threatening vast populated areas of the Earth.