Russia’s space agency on Sunday affirmed one of its rockets employed in past launches and floating in space has crumbled down, leaving debris in orbit, Russia news agency reported.
The agency announced the Fregat-SB upper stage rocket was employed to deliver the Russian scientific satellite Spektr-R to orbit in 2011.
“The breakdown happened on May 8 2020” between 0500 and 0600GMT, above the Indian ocean, the agency stated in a declaration.
“Currently we are working to collect data to confirm the quantity and orbit parameters of the fragments,” it said.
The disintegration of Fregat was published on Saturday by the Twitter account of the 18th Space Control Squadron, a US Airforce unit which tracks space debris.
It said the rocket broke up into 65 pieces but there was no indication it was caused by a collision, the agency added.
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