A new danger from Russia. Two fragments of space debris can lead to a real disaster

It turned out that the clash of the fragments of the Soviet rocket and the Russian satellite in orbit can lead to the emergence of thousands of new fragments. Analysts from Leolabs, which is engaged in observation of space satellites and monitors the collision of garbage into orbit, stated that miraculously avoided the collision of two large fragments of garbage in space.

The clash of the fragments of the Soviet rocket and the Russian military satellite can cause the worst scenario, that is, thousands of new debris may appear. And they have a significant threat to orbit devices, Daily Mail writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe to not miss the latest and most intricate news from the world of science! As of 2023, there are thousands of space debris fragments of space debris, which are spent upper steps of space missiles and non -working companions. Although most of these wreckage does not pose a direct threat to the Earth's inhabitants, because they will simply burn in the atmosphere, for devices operating in space, including the ISS, this is a huge problem.

According to experts from Leolabs, who monitor the behavior of space debris in the Earth, at an altitude of 950 to 1050 km above the Earth's surface is a particularly dangerous area. In the area is a huge concentration of fragments of rockets and non -working, which can face, which leads to the appearance of much more fragments.

On January 27 this year, it was in this area of ​​space that two large fragments of space debris were miraculously avoided: both fragments of space debris flew at a very close distance from each other, which was only about 6 meters. If these fragments were confronted, it would have led to thousands of new debris that would pose a direct threat to low -land workshops, experts say.

Leolabs analysts believe that in a particularly dangerous space area above the ground, which is mentioned above, are now about 160 worked by Soviet missiles "Cosmos-3M", as well as so many useful loads. And they can all face each other at any moment. According to experts, in the summer of 2022, 1400 very close spans of these fragments were recorded alongside each other. According to the Pentagon, there are now about 30,000 space debris in space, which are monitored by the military.

But there are thousands of other fragments that are too small for their detection. According to the European Space Agency, since 1957, people have launched nearly 15,000 satellites in 1957, of which almost 10,000 still fly over the ground and 7 thousand of them are still working. According to experts, the total mass of all space debris is approximately 10. 5 thousand tons.