Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris

[Admin]

The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already 85 pieces of debris from the incident.

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[DeepDivePilot]

The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already 85 pieces of debris from the incident.

Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris : Read more

Amazing they can detect a Russian piece of equipment falling apart in space....but can't detect a Chinese balloon...lol...!

 

[Space Ninja]

The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already 85 pieces of debris from the incident.

Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris : Read more

Ars Technica has 87 comments, 87 people engaging in a discussion of the same topic. Here at Space.com? Two people. Why? Because you've made commenting so cumbersome.

 

[Laser]

If you want to identify accurate and precisely the orbital maneuver just use the laser sensor. You have it in US.

The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already 85 pieces of debris from the incident.

Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris : Read more

If you want to identify accurate and precisely the orbital maneuver just use the laser sensor. You have it in US.

 

[Pogo]

If it wasn’t done intentionally by someone, it could have been a small meteoroid, or more likely orbital debris.
85 trackable objects? That means at least a couple thousand untrackable ones.