The National Space Operations Centre, in a report issued in August 2026 covering 1 to 31 July 2026, said the month saw higher levels of uncontrolled re-entries, fragmentations and space weather activity, but fewer collision alerts than June. It said all NSpOC warning and protection services functioned throughout the period.

NSpOC monitored 62 re-entering objects in July, a 17% increase on the previous month: 59 satellites, two rocket bodies and one object likely to be debris. Collision risks to UK-licensed satellites were 16% lower in July than in June and sat below the 12-month rolling average. The in-orbit population rose by a net 322 objects to the US Satellite Catalogue, reaching 34,751.

Two fragmentation incidents involving payloads in Lower Earth and Graveyard orbits took place in July; assessments of how many debris pieces were released are ongoing. Space weather activity, mainly solar flares and geomagnetic storms, was higher than in June. NSpOC said catalogue figures may be adjusted as tracking methods are refined.