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July 7, 2021
According to the Automated System for Warning of Hazardous Situations in Near-Earth Space TsNIIMash, on Thursday, July 8, 2021, an object classified as "space debris" will fly a few kilometers from the International Space Station.
According to preliminary data, the convergence is predicted at 16:16 Moscow time. The minimum distance between the station and the facility will be 4.5 km. ASPOS OKP continues continuous monitoring.
International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: NASA
Specialists of the Russian Mission Control Center TsNIIMash (part of the State Corporation Roscosmos), who control the flight of the International Space Station, including the Main Operational Control Group of the Russian Segment of the ISS (SP Korolev RSC Energia, part of Roscosmos), observe for all possible cases of the ISS approaching potentially dangerous objects, based on the incoming operational information.
If the data on the dangerous approach is confirmed, a decision will be made on the need to correct the station's orbit, either 28 hours before the alleged event, or 6 hours before.
Russian funds continue to track "space debris" that will approach the ISS on Thursday
According to new data from the TsNIIMash Automated Warning System for Hazardous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP), on Thursday, July 8, 2021, an object belonging to the "space debris" category will fly one and a half kilometers from the International Space Station.
Space debris around Earth. Image Credit: ESA
The convergence is predicted at 16:16 Moscow time. The minimum distance between the station and the facility will be 1500 meters. ASPOS OKP continues monitoring.
In this case, the orbits of the movement of the International Space Station and "space debris" are calculated accurately enough to say that the probability of their intersection is extremely small.
Editor's Note:
If no urgent action is taken regarding the space debris, it may well be that the movie "Gravity" will come true soon ...
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Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/31787/
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/31798/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
Space debris: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/kosmicheskiy-musor/
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