Flew to 100 fragments: the Satellite of the Russian Federation collapsed at a dangerous distance from the ISS

In NASA, after the collapse of the Russian satellite, the ISS crews were ordered to hide in spacecraft, since the collapse occurred near the station itself. The Russian Satellite "Resource-P1", which was decommissioned, on June 26 broke up in low Earth orbit. He flew into more than 100 fragments. This was reported by the Space Command of the United States. It is noted that all fragments can be tracked.

Despite the fact that the department did not see any threats to other companions, it reported the event of commercial, government, allied and partnership organizations. "US Space Command can confirm the destruction of" resource-P1 "(No. 39186), Russian deduced satellite, which occurred in low Earth orbit on June 26 2024 at about 1000 MT (16:00 UTC), resulting in more than 100 fragments of trained garbage, ”the message reads.

At the same time, in NASA, after the collapse of the Russian satellite, the ISS crews were ordered to hide in spacecraft, since the collapse occurred near the station itself. "The flight management center continued to monitor the trajectory of the debris, and in about an hour of the crew allowed to leave their spacecraft, and the station resumed normal work," the message reads. "Resource-P" is a series of Russian civilian space devices of remote sensing of the Earth.

The data obtained from these satellites are used in the preparation and editing of the cards. In addition, the information obtained is used in the environment and in the search for potential oil and other minerals. Resource-P1 was launched in 2013. According to November 26, 2018, its service life expired, but the satellite continued to function. Earlier it was reported that NASA astronauts were unable to go out into the ISS Open.