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Exploded Rocket Fragments Could Endanger ISS and Future Missions
The International Space Station will have to look out for new debris from an exploded Russian rocket (NASA image)
Traveling through low-Earth orbit just got a little more dangerous; a drifting Russian Breeze M (Briz-M) rocket stage that failed to execute its final burns back on August 6 has recently exploded, sending hundreds of shattered fragments out into orbit.
Russia and the U.S. Defense Department (JFCC-Space) have stated that they are currently tracking 500 pieces of debris from the disintegrated Breeze M, although some sources are saying there are likely much more than that.
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | 3 comments |
Post tags: Breeze M, Briz-M, debris, explosion, ISS, leo, NASA, orbit, rocket, Russia, satellite, space junk
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2012-10-25 15:43:23
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98175/exploded-rocket-fragments-could-endanger-iss-and-future-missions/
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