The quantitiy of debris in space has been causing concern to agencies involved with exploring space and companies depending on satellites installed there. But now space agencies have demonstrated the capability of a new system which tracks debris and is intended to prevent collisions. The system detected a near-collision situation in which 3.8 tons of rocket booster waste left over from a Chinese launch threatened the 8 ton European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat Earth remote-sensing spacecraft.

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The fall of the meteor that destroyed three homes in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, last Thursday, is a rare event. Stone sky is usually not even touching the earth because it was burned in the atmosphere.

The fall of celestial bodies to the settlement residents are rare events. From the records of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) Bandung, the fall of celestial events in Duren Sawit, Jakarta, is Indonesia’s first occurrence.

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