"Breakthrough Orbital Test Empowers Tracking of Super Tiny Space Debris"

ODIN Space has successfully powered up an experimental in-space sensor on the D-Orbit ION satellite, which could enable the tracking of hypervelocity objects as small as a grain of sand. The sensor technology, consisting of impact-detection gates, will record vibrations caused by space debris perforating the substrates, providing information about the debris' size, speed, and trajectory. ODIN Space plans to deploy hundreds of these sensors on third-party satellites to create a network capable of mapping and characterizing the sub-centimeter debris environment, addressing the escalating threat of space debris to spacecraft and satellites in low Earth orbit.