How to generate a table as below?

Question

I try to generate a table like this using {longtable} and {supertabular} but failed. Anybody can help?

\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document}     
\begin{supertabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
        \hline 
        Size & Lethal to & Number  & Trackable & Produces Lethal Fragments  \\
        & Operational & in& &When Impacting An  \\
        & Spacecraft &Orbit & & Operational Spacecraft \\
        \hline
        Small & (Usually) Not & Millions & No & No\\
        (<1cm) && &  & \\\hline
        Medium  & Usually & ~500,000  & No & Maybe\\
        (1cm - 10cm)&  & in LEO &  & \\\hline
        Large & (Almost) Always & ~22,000 & Yes & Yes - 100s to 10,000s\\
        (>10cm)&& && \\\hline
\end{supertabular}
\end{document}

Answer 1

An alternative using booktabs for the table rules, tabularx to get a table that fits the textwidth and siunitx to properly typeset the units.

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}}
\begin{document}     
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XC{.18\linewidth}XXC{.3\linewidth}}
    \toprule
    Size & Lethal to Operational  Spacecraft & Number in Orbit & Trackable & Produces Lethal Fragments When Impacting An  Operational Spacecraft \\
    \midrule
    Small (\SI{<1}{\centi\meter})           & (Usually) Not     & Millions             & No   & No\\\addlinespace
    Medium (\SIrange{1}{10}{\centi\meter})  & Usually           & $\sim$500,000 in LEO & No & Maybe\\\addlinespace
    Large (\SI{>10}{\centi\meter})          & (Almost) Always   & $\sim$22,000       & Yes  & Yes -- 100s to 10,000s\\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

Answer 2

If you absolutely want some colour, here are two solutions with swapping rows and columns. One with vertical and horizontal rules, the other with only horizontal rules (built not using booktabs, as this leads to white spaces in coloured cells). The latter looks better, in my opinion:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{array, supertabular, makecell, hhline, cellspace, booktabs}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{4pt}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{4pt}
\usepackage[table, x11names]{xcolor}
\usepackage{eqparbox}
\newcommand\blankcell{\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\cellcolor{white}}}
\begin{document}

\centering
\begin{supertabular}{| >{\columncolor{Burlywood1!80}}Sl|*{3}{Sc|}}
        \cline{2-4}
\blankcell & \multicolumn{3}{Sc|}{Size}\\
 \hhline{~|---|}
\rowcolor{DarkSeaGreen3}\blankcell & Small (<\,1cm) & Medium (1cm--10cm) & Large (>\,10cm) \\
        \hline
      \eqparbox{C1}{Lethal to\\ Operational Spacecraft} & (Usually) Not & Usually & (Almost) Always \\
        \hline
        Number in Orbit & Millions & \makecell{\textasciitilde\,500,000\\ in LEO} & \textasciitilde\,22,000 \\
        \hline
   Trackable & No & No & Yes\\
        \hline
        \eqparbox{C1}{ Produces Lethal Fragments \\When Impacting an\\ Operational Spacecraft} & No & Maybe & Yes -- 100\,s to 10,000\,s \\
        \hline
\end{supertabular}

\vskip1cm
\begin{supertabular}{ >{\columncolor{Burlywood1!80}}Sl*{3}{Sc}}
\cellcolor{white}& \multicolumn{3}{Sc}{Size}\\
 \hhline{~---}
\rowcolor{DarkSeaGreen3}\cellcolor{white} & Small (<\,1cm) & Medium (1cm – 10cm) & Large (>\,10cm) \\
        \Xhline{0.8pt}
      \eqparbox{C1}{Lethal to\\ Operational Spacecraft} & (Usually) Not & Usually & (Almost) Always \\
        \hline
        Number in Orbit & Millions & \makecell{\textasciitilde\,500,000\\ in LEO} & \textasciitilde\,22,000 \\
        \hline
   Trackable & No & No & Yes\\
        \hline
        \eqparbox{C1}{ Produces Lethal Fragments \\When Impacting an\\ Operational Spacecraft} & No & Maybe & Yes -- 100\,s to 10,000\,s \\
        \Xhline{0.8pt}
\end{supertabular}

\end{document}