Joint Space Operations Command is tracking nearly 13,000 objects that are classified as space debris, Axios reported.
Space-Track.org collects data to screen for possible collisions in space, the website noted.
Moriba Jah of the University of Texas at Austin is building a database with the aim of providing "rules of the road for good behavior" in space, Axios reported.
"The magnitude of the problem is unquantified. We can't put a solid risk on it (for satellite operators). But we all know it is only going to get worse," Jah said. "There's a lot of ambiguity about what is up there and where it will be an hour from now, tomorrow, or next week."
Tracking the objects is a difficult task because "most of the things up there aren't transmitting their information," Jah added.
Most of the objects in low-Earth orbit are pieces of satellites, rocket bodies, and boosters, and other human-made objects. The numbers do not include pieces that are too small to track, but could still cause damage, the website said.
Among the pieces of debris, around 3,800 objects are associated with China, 2,842 are from Fengyun 1-C, a weather satellite that China used as a missile test target in 2007, which scattered fragments throughout space, Axios reported.
On Monday, Vice President Mike Pence announced a "comprehensive space traffic management policy" to address the issue of tracking the growing amount of debris as more nations and companies become more active in space, CNBC reported.
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