Does most orbital debris move slower or faster than a speeding bullet?

Answer 1

A lot faster....A bullet will travel at around 800 m/s depending on the type of gun. A satellite though, such as a TV satellite will travel at approx 3000 m/s. The space shuttle orbits much faster than this at nearly 9000 m/s

Answer 2

Spacecraft will de-orbit either as a result of "orbital decay" (that is, they are in an orbit which intersects the atmosphere to some extent and their altitude gradually gets low enough for re-entry), or they are deliberately brought down using retro-rockets (as with the Shuttle).
If a craft is not intended to be recovered, it can break up in the atmosphere, and its pieces can be regarded as "orbital debris".
Another way of defining orbital debris is material which is loose in orbit around the Earth for some reason or other. In this case, it will be travelling at about 17.500 mph, whilst if it is re-entry debris, it will be slow down, though not that much.
17,500 mph is about 10 times the speed of a rifle bullet, so even re-entry debris will still be much, much faster than a bullet.
It's not something that you want to encounter!

Answer 3

Orbital debris such as your garden variety asteroids move at roughly 25,000 Miles Per Hour or more. That speed is much faster than a speeding bullet which moves at between 900 FPS (Est. 620 Miles Per Hour) and 3000 FPS (Est. 2045
Miles Per Hour).

Generaly speaking, you should not stand in front of a speeding meteor or asteroid.

Answer 4

A bullet moves slightly faster than sound, about 800 MPH, space debris is moving at 17500 MPH on average.