Amid uncertainty over Sunita Williams’ return from space, NASA recently shared an update about the International Space Station (ISS), the India-born astronaut’s temporary home in space. Astronauts on ISS were forced to take shelter for about an hour after a defunct Russian satellite broke into more than 100 pieces near the space station.
The risk from the defunct Russian satellite’s debris is likely to remain for longer duration as it will takes weeks to months before the hazard has passed, said Leolabs in a statement.
“Due to the low orbit of this debris cloud, we estimate it’ll be weeks to months before the hazard has passed,” Reuters quoted LeoLabs.
The Russian satellite, RESURS-P1 (#39186), broke up into hundreds of pieces in the low-Earth orbit on Wednesday. It is worth noting that there is no immediate threat to ISS astronauts. However, the incident has added to the space garbage. The US Space Command in a statement, said that the explosion left nearly 100 pieces of trackable debris in space.
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Published: 29 Jun 2024, 11:01 AM IST
