Another Russian satellite broke apart in orbit, leaving pile of junk
Pravda Ukraine
According to LeoLabs, which monitors space objects, another old Russian satellite has dropped into low Earth orbit, leaving behind a mound of space trash.
This time, this concerns Resurs-P1, the Earth observation satellite, which was launched in June 2013 and deactivated in December 2021.
LeoLabs has detected a debris-generating event in Low Earth Orbit.
Early indications are that a non-operational Russian spacecraft, Resurs P1 (SATNO 39186), released a number of fragments between 13:05 UTC 26 June and 00:51 UTC 27 June.
— LeoLabs (@LeoLabs_Space) June 27, 2024
The 6.5-tonne satellite was in a 350 x 363 km orbit and disintegrated into “numerous fragments” between 03:05 UTC on 26 June and 00:51 UTC on 27 June 2024.
The Russian satellite is still in Earth’s orbit and will continue to pose a threat to spacecraft from other countries.
In February 2024, LeoLabs announced that Russia’s and the United States’ satellites nearly collided in orbit.
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