The first photo of space debris captured by a Japanese satellite saw 3 ton of broken rocket

Space agencies around the world use rockets to send satellites into space. Among them, only the rocket of Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX is reusable. After completing their work in space, the rockets of most space agencies turn into rocket debris and fall to the Earth. Most of the times the place of their fall is not known. For the first time, a Japanese satellite has captured 3 tons of massive rocket debris.

reports According to, a satellite of Astroscale Japan detected a piece of a 15-year-old rocket and clicked its picture. Interestingly, Astroscale was launched in February this year. He used satellite cameras and precise calculations to reach the rocket debris.

The initial purpose of the satellite was to take pictures of space debris, document its condition and also to prove whether the satellite could reach any space debris or not.

Astroscale Japan aims to safely remove space debris in the future. She wants to launch another satellite equipped with robotic arms. The rocket debris that was detected is also from Japan. An environmental sensing satellite was launched in 2009 with the help of a rocket.

It is noteworthy that space debris has increased the concern of countries around the world. Space agencies of Russia, America and China launch their missions every day and are increasing space debris. America has already accused China that the Chinese Space Agency does not dispose of its space debris properly. However, this ‘garbage’ usually burns up when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. Or falls into the Pacific Ocean. Only in a few cases have pieces of space debris fallen in populated areas.

There is 9000 metric tons of debris in space

According to reports, by the year 2022, more than 9 thousand metric tons of space debris is orbiting our planet. Due to this, existing satellites may be affected. This could disrupt communications on Earth and increase the risk to astronauts.