Satellite fragments began to fall to the earth

Fragments of Russia's "Universe - 2251" satellite from the collision with the US "Iridium-33" satellite on February 10, began to fall to earth.

News on the US Aerospace Control System website said the above-mentioned satellite collision, at an altitude of nearly 800 km in close proximity to the earth, generated about 500-600 diameter debris over 5 cm and thousands of smaller fragments. Later, the fragments continued to orbit and collide with other cosmic "waste" at an altitude of 200 km to 1,700 km.

In the next April, there will be at least 5 fragments from the satellite "Universe-2251" falling to earth. However, according to Russian rocket and space experts, these fragments will ignite when entering the dense atmosphere surrounding the earth, so there will not be any danger.

The "Universe-2251" satellite was launched into orbit by Russia in 1993 to serve defense purposes, but after two years it ended and floated in orbit.