Sindrom Kessler

Sindrom Kessler (juga disebut efek Kessler, collisional cascading, atau ablation cascade), dipaparkan oleh ilmuwan NASA Donald J. Kessler tahun 1978, adalah skenario ketika kepadatan objek di orbit bumi rendah (LEO) begitu tinggi sampai-sampai tabrakan antarobjek bisa memunculkan kaskade, artinya setiap tabrakan menghasilkan serpihan angkasa yang meningkatkan kemungkinan adanya tabrakan lain. Salah satu dampaknya adalah persebaran serpihan di orbit dapat mengakibatkan penjelajahan luar angkasa, bahkan pemakaian satelit, mustahil dilakukan selama beberapa generasi umat manusia.

Lihat pula 
 Uji rudal anti-satelit Cina 2007
 Tabrakan satelit 2009
 Orbit sampah
 Sapu laser
 P78-1
 SNAP-10A
 Serpihan angkasa
 Space Liability Convention

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Bacaan lanjutan 
 

 An article in the July 2009 issue of Popular Mechanics by Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the Kessler Syndrome in regards to the February, 2009 satellite collision and how international law may need to address the problem to help prevent future incidents: Reynolds, G. H. (2009, July). Collision course. Popular Mechanics, p. 50-52.
 Kessler was featured in an article named, "The Looming Space Junk Crisis: It’s Time to Take Out the Trash," which appeared in the June 2010 issue of Wired Magazine.

Pranala luar 
 Don Kessler's Web Page 
 APOD – Satellites Collide in Low Earth Orbit 
 Mathematical Modeling of debris flux 
 New York Times: Orbiting Junk, Once a Nuisance, Is Now a Threat 
 Wired: Houston we have a trash problem
 
 Debris Spews Into Space After Satellites Collide
 aggregated public information research on space debris, graveyard orbits etc
 Associated Press: "Space junk littering orbit; might need cleaning up" (1 September 2011)

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