Near ISS orbit
Russian satellite disintegrated into over 100 pieces of debris in space
A Russian satellite disintegrated on Thursday night, hurling more than a hundred pieces of debris into space. The incident occurred in orbit near the ISS, reports NASA.
The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) therefore withdrew for an hour to protect themselves, the US space agency announced on Thursday.
What exactly caused the destruction of the Russian earth observation satellite "Resurs-P1", which was launched into space at the end of June 2013, initially remained unclear. The missile had been decommissioned in 2022.
US radar systems locate debris cloud
According to the location service provider LeoLabs, US radar systems detected the satellite releasing a cloud of debris in low-Earth orbit on Thursday night.
The US Department of Defense's Pentagon Space Command announced that the missile had generated over a hundred trackable pieces of debris. However, it has not identified any immediate threats.
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