The out-of-control rockets and spacecraft that have come crashing back to Earth REVEALED in terrifying interactive map - as scientists warn there's a 10% chance falling debris will kill someone in the

It's one of the most basic laws of physics – what goes up must come down. Rocket launches since 1957: 6,200 6,200 Number of satellites in orbit: 13,100 13,100 Number still in space: 8,410 8,410 Number still functioning: 5,800 5,800 Number of debris objects: 31,500 31,500 Break-ups, explosions etc: 630 630 Mass of objects in orbit: 9,900 tonnes 9,900 tonnes Prediction of the amount of debris in orbit using statistical models Over 10cm: 36,500 36,500 1cm to 10cm: 1,000,000 1,000,000 1mm to 1cm: 130 million Source: European Space Agency This occurred shortly after a Long March 2C carrier rocket launched from the nearby Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. A large fragment of a SpaceX Dragon Crew spaceship was found in a field in Saskatchewan in June after the rocket broke up in the atmosphere The UK Space Agency has noted a 115 per cent month to month increase in the number of monitored uncontrolled re-entries of space debris Large pieces of a SpaceX Crew-1 have also been found in a field in Australia in 2022. The object which fell through the roof was determined to be a piece of a battery pallet jettisoned from the ISS Although the risk of space debris falling to the ground is very low, as more objects enter orbit the risk becomes increasingly high Coupled with our increasing dependence on satellite communications, this has led to a boom in private companies placing their own small satellites in orbit. The more material in space the higher the risk of an uncontrolled re-entry causing harm UKSA notes that the 155 per cent monthly increase in falling space debris was largely driven by 'planned re-entries of 'designed-to-demise' small communications satellites'.