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U.S. communications satellite Galaxy 11 partially collapsed in orbit, its fragments could damage other satellites

Telecommunication American satellite Galaxy 11, launched in 1999, partially collapsed in orbit. This was reported at the Institute of Applied Mathematics. M.V. Keldysh (IMP) RAS.

“Partial destruction of the old (launched in 1999) Galaxy 11 telecommunications device occurred in geostationary orbit,” the IPM Telegram channel said in a message.

According to the institute, civilian optical means have detected and are tracking several small-sized fragments of the apparatus, which pose a potential danger to active satellites in geostationary orbit.

U.S. communications satellite Galaxy 11 partially collapsed in orbit, its fragments could damage other satellites