Possibilities of meteor astronomy for study of the rate of cleaning of the near-earth space from space debris

The degree of pollution of the near-earth space is well described now by computer models, which are confirmed only for particles of large sizes. Millimeter and smaller fractions of elements of space debris remain still unexplored, since particles of such sizes are practically not detected from Earth by usual methods of observation. However, at the entry into the atmosphere they burn down as do natural meteor particles. In the work the technique allowing to find particles of space debris is described and also the results of detecting of such particles obtained during the sessions of TV-observations on the wide-angle patrol FAVOR camera (North Caucasus) are presented.