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flag Congress considers ORBITS Act to combat space junk, risking satellite collisions and future launches.

flag Earth's orbit is packed with space junk, leading to over 1,000 daily collision warnings for satellites and astronauts. flag This debris, including dead satellites and rocket parts, risks creating a chain reaction of collisions, potentially filling Earth's orbit and preventing new launches—a scenario known as Kessler syndrome. flag The US Congress is considering the ORBITS Act to support technologies that could remove this debris.

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