The CSS will be operated in Low Earth Orbit, 340 to 450 kilometers above the Earth at an orbital inclination of 42 to 43 degrees, in the centre of the Earth's thermosphere. At this altitude there is a variety of space debris, consisting of many different objects including entire spent rocket stages, dead satellites, explosion fragments—including materials from anti-satellite weapon tests (such as the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, the 2019 Indian anti-satellite test and the 1985 U.S. ASM-135 ASAT anti-satellite test), paint flakes, slag from solid rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites and some clumps remaining from the 750,000,000[51] small needles from the American military Project West Ford.[52] These objects, in addition to natural micrometeoroids,[53] are a significant threat. Large objects could destroy the station, but are less of a threat as their orbits can be predicted.