space junk

British  

noun

1. objects such as artificial satellites, material discarded from space stations, etc that remain in space after use

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space junk

Chinese companies have launched satellites into orbit using single-use rockets, which can be costly and contribute to the increasing amount of potentially hazardous space junk.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

They worry that launch emissions and vaporized space junk could damage the ozone layer and interfere with the atmosphere’s complex chemistry in other ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Critical technical aspects of such operations need to be resolved, particularly harm done to GPUs by high levels of radiation and extreme temperatures as well as the danger of being hit by space junk.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

But that would require 24-hour monitoring to adjust the OCO orbit to avoid space junk — not an infrequent occurrence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025

They’re not eating up stars or alien ships any more than the Earth is eating up our space junk that falls from the sky.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows