If it's from NASA or ESA it's a satellite that suffered from catastrophic failure.
If it's Chinese, it's "space junk".
If it's Chinese, it's "space junk".
> Space junk is no one countries’ responsibility, but the responsibility of every spacefaring country.
> We have generated a global problem that can only be solved with the help from other Countries.
Both from https://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/library/find/bibliographies/...
Right now it is space junk hitting the moon and it would be space junk no matter the origin of the spent rocket booster.
I guess there's a third sense of the term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_(ship)
Especially considering the enormous size of chinese junks!
I know! They still have lots to catch up on tho, given that western junk has already reached Mars and beyond!
Gogo west! N°1!