Explained: What is space debris and how much junk is India responsible for?-

We have a space problem and when we say space, we don't mean area wise, but we are talking about the cosmos! According to the most recent report of Orbital Debris Quarterly News, published by NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office, there are 25,182 pieces of space debris, of sizes larger than 10 cm, in the lower earth orbits which are within 2,000 km of earth's surface. Of these, India is responsible for only 114 space debris objects, whereas the United States has 5,126 objects that can be categorised as space debris in the earth’s orbit and China has 3,854 objects,…