Our Operations Centres are monitoring a potential collision of two large, inactive #space objects. EU #SST estimates a probability above 1% that they may collide in two days
The two defunct objects are OPS 6182 (1978-042A), a meteorological #satellite
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete"> SL-8 R/B (1981-041B). The network of EU #SST sensors
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Stay tuned here for more updates.
#spacedebris
Stay tuned here for more updates.
#spacedebris
See the below plot for the conjunction plane at Time of Close Approach (TCA) #EUSST #spacedebris #space
More than 400 of the fragments generated by the potential collision would be larger than 20cm. Gabbard diagram shows the extent of orbital regimes that these simulated fragments would reach.
#EUSST continues monitoring the probability of collision. Stay tuned for more updates.
#EUSST continues monitoring the probability of collision. Stay tuned for more updates.