Russian military satellites fall into the Pacific Ocean

Russian media said the fragments of the country's inactive military telecommunications satellite Molniya-1T fell off the Pacific Ocean on April 7.

State news agency RIA Novosti cited sources from the Russian space agency as saying the fragments, not burnt in the upper atmosphere, have fallen to the surface of the Earth before sinking into the Pacific Ocean.

The information does not indicate the exact location of the satellite fragments.

However, the Russian Aerospace Force spokesman, Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, predicted that the fragments could fall into the Pacific Ocean at 3:17 pm (Moscow time April 7). in the South Pacific region is about 63 South latitudes, 158 East degrees.

Molniya-1T, 1.6-ton satellite, was launched into orbit in August 1996 and replaced with Meridian satellites in 2006. The life of Molniya-1T satellite is two years.