Thrusters fired by ISS once more to avoid Russian space debris

October 28, 2022 By Raulf Hernes

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The Progress 81 engines on the International Space Station (ISS) fired for 5 minutes and 5 seconds as part of a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) to move the complex farther away from the anticipated path of a fragment from Russian Cosmos 1408 debris. Thrusters were launched at 8:25 p.m. EDT, and station activities were unaffected by the move. According to a blog post by NASA, it was estimated that the piece would have passed the station without the motion within three miles. The PDAM departed the station in an orbit measuring 264.3 x 255.4 statute miles, raising it by 2/10 of a mile at apogee and 8/10 of a mile at perigee. Thrusters fired by ISS once more to avoid Russian space debris

Thrusters fired by ISS once more to avoid Russian space debris

When it comes to avoidance maneuvers, the space agency exercises the utmost prudence. According to the report, had the action not been taken, a Russian satellite's space debris would have been 3 miles closer to the International Space Station, which may have had disastrous consequences. When Russia destroyed that spacecraft as part of an anti-satellite missile test in November 2021, NASA claims that 1,500 pieces of debris were created. American officials at the time condemned the missile launch as destructive and issued a caution against Kessler Syndrome, which would cause space debris to increase exponentially, according to Interesting Engineering. Thrusters fired by ISS once more to avoid Russian space debris

The risk of subsequent collisions increases when smaller debris fragments collide with bigger space shrapnel fragments. Russia is not the only nation accused of exacerbating the space debris problem. China has recently come under fire for allowing the rocket cores from its Long March 5 launch vehicle to decay into dangerous space debris that may have fallen on inhabited regions. The astronomical community has also attacked SpaceX, and they have even united to call for more control over the private company's satellite mega-constellation launches.

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Thrusters fired by ISS once more to avoid Russian space debris

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