Home” Space” August 6 China Upper Stage Explodes and Leaves Dangerous Space Junk
On Tuesday early morning (Aug. 6), a Chinese Long March 6A rocket introduced the very first 18 satellites for the Qianfan (“Thousand Sails”) broadband network, which will ultimately host as much as 14,000 spacecraft. The rocket effectively provided the satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO), at an elevation of about 500 miles (800 kilometers) however then its upper phase disintegrated.
USSPACECOM can verify the separation of a Long March 6A rocket introduced on Aug. 6, 2024, leading to over 300 pieces of trackable particles in low Earth orbit,” the company stated in a declaration today (Aug. 8). “USSPACECOM has actually observed no instant dangers and continues to carry out regular combination evaluations to support the security and sustainability of the area domain.”
Trackable particles is normally any item that’s at least 4 inches (10 centimeters) in size.
#USSPACECOM declaration on the split of a Chinese Long March 6A rocket: pic.twitter.com/Kf5cz0iZky
— U.S. Space Command (@US_SpaceCom) August 8, 2024
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