Path of the debris from Russia’s Nov. 15 ASAT missile test over the first 24 hours after impact with the Soviet-era Cosmos 1408 satellite, according to COMSPOC. (COMSPOC/CSSI volumetric analysis, with rendering by AGI, an Ansys Company)
Breaking Defense: Russian ASAT debris imperils DoD, NRO sats, while ISS risks increase: COMSPOC
The COMSPOC analysis shows that the bulk of the some 1,500 debris pieces being tracked by Space Command's 18th Space Control Squadron will de-orbit within about three years time.
WASHINGTON: Significant amounts of debris from Russia’s Nov. 15 anti-satellite weapon test will continue to threaten US military weather and spy satellites, as well as the International Space Station over the next several years, according to a detailed analysis by commercial space tracking firm COMSPOC.
The satellite most imperiled in the first 24 hours after the A-235/P-19 Nudol ASAT system’s interceptor smashed into Russia’s Cosmos 1408 bird was one of America’s four remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather sats, DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210).
Two other DMSP birds — DMSP 5D-3 F16 (USA 172) and DMSP 5D-15 (USA 147) — were also among the top 50 at-risk satellites in the immediate wake of the ASAT test, according to COMSPOC’s analysis.
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WNU Editor: On a positive note. This debris will eventually come back to earth in a few years.
5 comments:
Russia explodes an ASAT bomb that threatens US military, weather and spy satellites for several years.
/What a coinkidink!
What happen if a Russian debris destroy an US military satellite? This is a really act of war. Does the US has the international right of retaliation?
Good to hear it will de-orbit in a relatively short time, still a concern. Also a bit interesting, the US had a similar capability as far back as the 1980's.
This is a business opportunity!
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