Scientists develop way to track dangerous space debris using sonic booms

Objects in orbit that fall to Earth can pose a risk to life and infrastructure. Research outlines a new method to follow ...

Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

Using this method to track uncontrolled objects plummeting at supersonic speeds, they said, could help recovery teams reach ...
Nature

3D Object Tracking and Pose Estimation

Three-dimensional object tracking and pose estimation represent a pivotal area of research in computer vision, with applications ranging from augmented reality to autonomous navigation and robotics.

Sonic booms could be a new way to track falling space junk

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Seismometer networks could track space junk as it falls to Earth

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to the ground. To locate possible crash sites, a Johns Hopkins University ...