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U.S. officials: Space station at risk from ‘reckless’ Russian anti-satellite test

U.S. officials: Space station at risk from ‘reckless’ Russian anti-satellite test

Source: Spaceflight Now
Date Published: 11/15/2021

Russia shot down an old Soviet-era military spacecraft Monday in an anti-satellite weapons test, smashing the spacecraft into hundreds of thousands of tiny fragments that will remain in orbit for years or decades, U.S. government officials said. The crew on the International Space Station sheltered in their lifeboats Monday as the complex flew through the debris field.

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Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
2 years ago

Stay safe out there all.
What about letting old satellites burn up on reentry like the old days .?
Lets get our heads together so we can remove all debris in orbit folks we are about to test the DART to redirect an asteroid surly we can remove space debris.