A Secret US Spy Satellite Launched In 1988 Has Unexpectedly Shattered Into Pieces, Posing Danger To Other Satellites In Low Earth Orbit

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The wreckage of the destroyed satellite, launched in 1988, could pose a threat to other orbiters.

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A US spy satellite launched in 1988 unexpectedly broke into many pieces at an altitude of about 775km, creating more space debris in low Earth orbit.

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A satellite forgotten for almost forty years has just remembered to our good memory, and not in the best of ways. A cold war vestige literally flew 775 kilometers above our heads. Behind this silent disintegration hides a story as unlikely as it is disturbing, mixing Soviet espionage, wink of eye [...]