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==The Kessler Syndrome==
 
On December 13th, 20062016, the [[Vakarastan|Vakari]] space program launched a rocket from the Aeronautics, Space, and Weather Administration launch facility in [[Peregrinia]], which Vakarastan leased for the launch. This was the country's first ever spacecraft launch attempt, and at the time it was by far the least wealthy country on Urth to attempt a spacecraft launch. The rocket failed to reach the correct altitude before launching its satellite payload, and the satellite entered into a highly unstable orbit that, after some hours, caused it to collide with [[Emberwood Coast|Emberwood Coast's]] [[Myriad Station]]. Both were destroyed in the incident.
 
The destruction of the station generated a significant amount of space debris: pieces of the station and the satellite of various sizes. The cloud of debris quickly began colliding with, and damaging or destroying, other objects in low Urth orbit, which in turn created more debris. This cascade effect, known as Kessler syndrome or the Kessler effect, effectively made lower Urth orbit unreachable because the behavior of the particles of debris could not be safely predicted with accuracy.
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