Orbital debris cleaning
Orbital debris cleaning is an important aspect of maintaining the viability of space travel, as it allows transit around planetary bodies without the risk of collision with particles or even whole objects of artificial origin; these are almost always junk and refuse expended by spacecraft or stations, or arise from damage to an object during battle.
The orbits of inhabited planets within the Solar System, such as that of Plateia, are often monitored by a combination of ground and space-based sensor installations for notable aggregations and pathways of debris. For regions that lie near space elevators, special laser networks of deployed drones and satellite systems are dedicated to defending these superstructures from perforation, disintegrating any debris that come close. Due to the nature of orbital debris threatening transatmospheric travel of any caliber—especially in the event of high debris density in low Plateian orbit causing a cascade of destruction—an informal and unspoken agreement exists between the powers of Plateia to prevent battles and skirmishes within orbit of the planet from occurring.