Low Earth orbit was the address of an interesting, as well as worrying, event on January 27. Because in this event, a collision between two discarded space objects is near. It’s almost as if we were on the verge of a collision that could occur in low Earth orbit.
According to the news of Space.com; Low Earth orbit was the site of a ‘near-miss’ event that could cause thousands of pieces of dangerous space debris to form that day.
THEY MISSED EACH OTHER BY A VERY BUT SMALL DIFFERENCE!
Satellite tracking and collision detection firm LeoLabs announced that two discarded Soviet space objects missed each other by an incredibly small margin. It was stated that the space objects in question were a rocket body and a spy satellite.
THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER…
According to LeoLabs’ statement, on Friday, January 27, the two objects came so close to each other that they missed each other by only 6 meters. Fortunately, the two objects did not collide.
According to LeoLabs, the two objects that narrowly missed each other were an SL-8 rocket body and Cosmos 2361, a now-dead Russian spy satellite designed to block electronic signals such as radio communications or radar transmissions. According to NASA, Cosmos 2361 was launched in 1998. The SL-8 first entered service in 1964 and continued to fly until 2009.