Kessler Syndrome: (Collisional cascading) scenario where the amount of space debris in Earth orbit reaches a critical mass where one collision sets off a chain reaction of other collisions that renders Earth orbit virtually unusable.
Space debris: dead satellites, discarded equipment, spent rocket boosters, fragments from collisions and explosions, paint chips, and other byproducts of human space activities
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