随着太空交通日益增长，联合国呼吁加强国际合作
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As the amount of space traffic continues to grow, the United Nations is calling for increased international cooperation to improve safety.
随着太空交通量持续增长，联合国呼吁加强国际合作以提升安全性。
Continued deployment of satellites and sharp increases in space debris over the years have resulted in the crowding of low Earth orbit.
多年来，卫星的持续部署以及太空碎片的急剧增加，导致近地轨道变得拥挤。
Space experts and industry leaders say this has created safety risks that will worsen if the problem is not dealt with.
太空专家和行业领袖表示，这已造成安全风险，若不加以处理，情况将进一步恶化。
A U.N. gathering of experts in October called for more sharing of information about orbital space objects, as well as creation of an international process to follow and manage them.
联合国专家会议于十月召开，呼吁加强有关轨道空间物体的信息共享，并建立国际流程来跟踪和管理这些物体。
The meeting was organized by the U.N.’s Office for Outer Space Affairs.
此次会议由联合国外层空间事务厅组织。
Data from the American-based company Slingshot Aerospace suggests there are more than 14,000 satellites around the world in low Earth orbit.
美国公司Slingshot Aerospace的数据显示，全球低地球轨道上有超过14000颗卫星。
That number includes about 3,500 satellites that are currently inactive, Reuters news agency reports.
据路透社报道，这一数字包括目前约3500颗不活跃的卫星。
In addition, there are about 120 million pieces of orbital debris left over from spacecraft launches, crashes or other causes.
此外，还有约1.2亿块由航天器发射、碰撞或其他原因留下的轨道碎片。
Only a few thousand of those are large enough to follow, or track.
其中只有几千颗大到足以被追踪或跟踪。
"There's no time to lose on space traffic coordination,” the director of the U.N.’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, Aarti Holla-Maini, told Reuters.
联合国外层空间事务厅厅长度阿尔蒂·霍拉-迈尼对路透社表示：“在空间交通协调问题上，我们不能再浪费时间了。”
She added, “With so many objects being launched into space, we have to do everything we can to ensure space safety, and that means facilitating the sharing of information between operators.”
她补充道：“随着如此多的物体被发射到太空，我们必须尽一切努力确保太空安全，这意味着要促进运营商之间的信息共享。”
Holla-Maini explained that such coordination should involve both public and private organizations.
Holla-Maini解释说，这种协调应涉及公共和私人组织。
The goal is to take steps to avoid crashes between space objects orbiting in low Earth orbit.
目标是采取措施避免在近地轨道上运行的空间物体之间发生碰撞。
She added that this area of space must remain safe to prevent costly difficulties to technologies that drive worldwide communication, navigation and scientific exploration.
她补充说，这一太空区域必须保持安全，以防止对驱动全球通信、导航和科学探索的技术造成代价高昂的困难。
Currently, there is no centralized system to help prevent such problems.
目前，还没有一个集中化的系统来帮助预防这类问题。
It has also been difficult for organizations to agree on a set of guidelines aimed at improving safety in low Earth orbit.
各组织也难以就一套旨在提高近地轨道安全性的指导方针达成一致。
While some countries are willing to share data, others object because of security or privacy concerns.
虽然一些国家愿意共享数据，但其他国家出于安全或隐私顾虑而表示反对。
There have been several examples of these issues over the past year.
在过去一年里，已经出现了几个这类问题的例子。
A Chinese launcher rocket exploded in August, creating thousands of pieces of debris in low Earth orbit.
一枚中国运载火箭在8月发生爆炸，在近地轨道上产生了数千块碎片。
In June, an unused Russian satellite exploded, releasing thousands of metal pieces.
今年6月，一颗未使用的俄罗斯卫星发生爆炸，释放出数千块金属碎片。
That incident forced astronauts on the International Space Station to briefly take shelter.
那起事件迫使国际空间站上的宇航员短暂避难。
Low Earth orbit is the most crowded area of space.
近地轨道是太空中最拥挤的区域。
This is because it offers a balance between cost and proximity, making it a popular target for the quickly growing private space industry.
这是因为它在成本和距离之间取得了平衡，使其成为快速发展的私营航天工业的热门目标。
It is estimated that many more satellites – tens of thousands more – will enter low-Earth orbit in the coming years.
据估计，未来几年将有更多卫星——多出数万颗——进入近地轨道。
One prediction by Canada-based space tracking company NorthStar Earth & Space suggests the possible financial risk of space object collisions is likely to reach $556 million over five years.
加拿大太空追踪公司北极星地球与太空的一项预测表明，未来五年内太空物体碰撞可能带来的财务风险预计将达到5.56亿美元。
NorthStar’s chief executive, Stewart Bain, told Reuters the situation had reached "a critical point” for establishing rules to cover space objects in low Earth orbit.
诺斯罗星首席执行官斯图尔特·贝恩向路透社表示，就制定覆盖低地球轨道空间物体的规则而言，情况已达到“临界点”。
Bain noted that SpaceX’s Starlink is launching thousands of satellites per year and China and others are preparing to follow.
贝恩指出，SpaceX的星链每年发射数千颗卫星，中国和其他国家也正准备跟进。
Such expansion could threaten the load capacity of objects in low Earth orbit, he said.
他说，这种扩张可能会威胁到低地球轨道物体的承载能力。
I’m Bryan Lynn.
我是布莱恩·林恩。
Reuters reported this story.
路透社报道了此事。
Bryan Lynn adapted the report for VOA Learning English.
布莱恩·林恩为VOA英语学习频道改编了这份报告。
