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"On June 26th, 2024, Resurs-P1, a defunct Russian remote sensing satellite,
unexpectedly fragmented into hundreds of pieces — colloquially known as an
unscheduled disassembly. This breakup forced astronauts aboard the
International Space Station (ISS) to take shelter as a precaution against
potential collisions with the newly created debris field.
[The event occurred] at an approximately 350 x 363 km Low Earth orbit
according to debris-tracking service LeoLabs. United States Space Command
later confirmed that Resurs-P1 had broken up into over 100 pieces of
trackable space debris at approximately 16:00 UTC on 26 June 2024; LeoLabs
later that afternoon announced that it was tracking 180 pieces of debris.
Although there was no immediate threat to other satellites, because this
orbit was close to that of the International Space Station its crew took
shelter on the docked spacecraft for an hour as a precautionary measure.
This breakup likely happen because the satellite's passivation was not
performed properly or performed at all. The use of an anti-satellite weapon
is not in question since nothing of the sort was detected by any American or
European assets. (Wikipedia)
The cause of the incident remains under investigation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
