{"id":96,"date":"2013-01-18T05:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T05:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2013-01-18T05:35:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T05:35:47","slug":"96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Orbital debris cloud from explosion of upper stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0 explosion of a Russian Proton Briz-M upper stage last October resulted in a huge debris field in orbit: Upper Stage Explosion Places LEO Satellites at Risk –\u00a0 Space Safety Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

The explosion of a failed launch vehicle upper stage on 16 October created thousands of new debris which pose collision risks to hundreds of\u00a0 satellites operating in low Earth orbit (LEO), including the International Space Station (ISS).\u00a0 Fortunately, the threat will be relatively short-lived with the majority of the debris expected to reenter the atmosphere within one year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0 explosion of a Russian Proton Briz-M upper stage last October resulted in a huge debris field in orbit: Upper Stage Explosion Places LEO Satellites at Risk –\u00a0 Space Safety Magazine The explosion of a failed launch vehicle upper stage on 16 October created thousands of new debris which pose collision risks to hundreds of\u00a0 … Continue reading Orbital debris cloud from explosion of upper stage<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-space-infrastructure"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s34aWK-96","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23707,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23707","url_meta":{"origin":96,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup – April.8.2021","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here): ** Apr.8: The Starship prototype SN15 moved to launch site. 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