The sinking of outdated spacecraft and the development of new radar stations will help in the avoidance and elimination of dangerous objects.
Just six of the newest radar stations for monitoring space objects “Sula” will be enough to detect and monitor all space debris around the Earth; their sensitivity allows you to detect an object the size of a fountain pen at a distance of 400 km, reports the Almaz-Antey concern. The radar observation range is up to 6,000 km, the space scanning sector is 0…180°, and the azimuth is 0…360°.
The Progress MS-17 cargo ship was sunk in a non-navigable area of the Pacific Ocean after it undocked from the MSK and left orbit. “Fragments of the ship that did not burn in the dense layers of the atmosphere fell at 18:17:12 Moscow time into the “spaceship cemetery” in a non-navigable area of the South Pacific Ocean, 1.8 thousand km from the city of Wellington and 7.7 thousand km from the city of Santiago.” , reports the press service of Roscosmos.
Just in the last month, the ISS was threatened by two potentially dangerous objects: a fragment of the Fengyun-1C spacecraft and a fragment of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The situation continues to remain relevant, and the TsNIIMash Automated Warning System for dangerous situations in near-Earth space continues to monitor the approach situation.