The US military declares a European rocket explosion in space

The U.S. Air Force's outer space monitoring agency detected the third phase explosion of the Ariane 4 European space rocket in orbit, the 18th U.S. Air Force space control squadron. Report on Twitter.

The stage of the Ariane 4 rocket exploded in orbit on July 22

According to the report, the stage of the Ariane 4 rocket exploded in orbit on July 22 at approximately 12.17 Moscow time (16.17 HN), seven fragments were discovered, the phase exploded - no must be caused by a collision with another object.

Whether space debris poses a threat to other devices has not been reported.

The rocket launched three satellites into orbit in August 1992: US-France Topex / Poseidon, South Korea's Kitsat-1 and French S80 / T

Based at Vandenberg Air Force Base (California), the 18th US Air Control Squadron detects, tracks and identifies all artificial objects in low geostationary orbit.