Star War, Russia admits test to destroy its own orbiting satellite
“We did the space test” was the de facto admission of guilt, after days of pressure from the United States, of the Russian Defense Minister. In this sort of “Star War“The facts speak of a military test operated by the Soviet space agency Roscosmos and by the army to hit one of its own satellites. The missile would have destroyed the satellite but caused it as well, according to NASA, a dangerous shower of debris that would have forced the members of the International Space Station to prepare for a possible evacuation which, fortunately, did not take place. Space station currently inhabited by seven astronauts, the Americans Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, the Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov and the German Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency.
Star War, Russia admits test to destroy its own orbiting satellite
The American space agency, angrily said that “Russia has done a dangerous and reckless act which created a rain of over 1500 traceable orbital debris and risks for astronauts and satellites “. After days of silence, the Soviet space agency he finally admitted to have carried out the anti-satellite missile test, the fourth that from the ground hit, destroying it, the TselinaD space station in orbit since 1982. But at the press conference in Moscow the Russian Minister confirmed that the army was carrying out planned activities to strengthen defense capabilities but in absolute denial that the test was dangerous. “The United States knows for sure – said the high Soviet charge – that the resulting fragments have never represented and will never represent a threat to the spacecraft of the orbital station and space activities”. “Furthermore – he added –To declare that the Russian Federation creates risks for the peaceful use of space is at least hypocrisy, and there are no concrete facts to prove this ”.
Star War, Russia admits test to destroy its own orbiting satellite
Obviously the match of releases between USA and Russia has rekindled concerns about a growing arms race in space that encompasses everything from laser weapons to intelligent satellites capable of taking control in space and therefore on earth as well. In fact, satellites remain active protagonists of valuable services for the whole world: from telephone and broadband ones to weather forecasts, passing through GPS systems and radio and satellite television communications. Nelson, CEO of NASA, said he “believes it incredible that Russia has endangered not only American astronauts and those of international partners on the ISS, but also their own cosmonauts.” The worst danger, according to the Americans, is that the debris remain in orbit for decades with risks for all space activities in the countries of the world. For this reason the American space agency has promised that will long follow the path of this cloud of debris to inform in advance all those who want to move in space.And with this promise, perhaps another small chapter of the “Star War” between the Americans and the Soviets ended.
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