Russian Tank of the upper stage “Fregat-SB” exploded in space. This was reported by 18 squadron space control, USAF in his Twitter account.
According to the American side, the explosion occurred on may 8 between 7:02 and 8:51 GMT. The tank exploded in 65 of the wreckage. Clarified that the incident is not related to a collision with another object. The destroyed tank has a number 37756 in the American military catalog of space objects and the international designator 2011-037B.
As RIA Novosti reported, citing data from the specialized website of the U.S. air force space-track.org before the explosion, the object was in orbit with a minimum altitude of 422 kilometers and a maximum altitude of 3606 miles.
the Exploding tank used in July 2011 for delivery to the space Observatory “Spektr-R”. Threaten any of the debris with the existing satellites, is not specified.
In January, the American expert in the field of Astronautics Jonathan McDowell reported on the destruction of the Russian space satellite “Cosmos-2491”. It put into orbit in 2013 and informally called “satellite killer.” According to experts, the US air force has recorded 10 satellite fragments.
