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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Example Sentences

Critical technical aspects of such operations need to be resolved, however, particularly damage to the orbiting data centers from high levels of radiation and extreme temperatures, and the danger of them being hit by space junk.

From Barron's

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 Literature

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

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

From Los Angeles Times

This isn’t the first time space junk has crashed to Earth.

From Salon