“It’s a small addition to the debris already flying. From a mathematical point of view, the risk increases, from a practical – not particularly”, – quotes “Interfax” of Moses.
Earlier 18th squadron of the U.S. air force working on space surveillance, announced the dissolution of the fuel tank of the Russian upper stage “Fregat”, launched in 2011 for the conclusion in the space Observatory “Spektr-R”. According to the report, this resulted in at least 65 of fragments of space debris.
According to Moses, the reason could be “an explosion of remaining fuel due to solar heating”. The expert noted that the situation can be considered ordinary.
“about once a year, this is fixed. It’s a nasty thing, there are agreements to such situations to avoid. But since the Frigate was launched a long time ago, measures were not taken,” he added.
