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Russian Frigate-SB overclocking unit was used at launch in July 2011
The fuel tank explosion was not caused by its collision with another object, the US military said.
The fuel tank of the Russian Frigate-SB reinforcing block exploded in space on May 8, resulting in 65 debris. This was reported the day before on their page at Twitter The 18th US Air Force Space Control Squadron. The US, which detects, tracks and identifies all artificial objects in low Earth orbit.
According to the US Army, the incident occurred on May 8 between 7.02 and 8.51 in Kiev. In this case, the explosion was not caused by a collision of the tank with another object.
The collapsed tank is numbered 37756 in the US Military Catalog of Space Objects and the international designation is 2011-037B.
According to data published on the specialized website of the US Air Force. USA Space-track.org, prior to the explosion, the object was in orbit with a minimum height of 422 kilometers and a maximum of 3606 kilometers.
It is not specified whether the debris threatens existing satellites.
According to RIA Novosti, this object is a block of discarded tanks from the upper stage Frigate-SB that, when the satellite goes into orbit, separates after fuel is consumed. The tank was used in July 2011 for delivery to the Spectrum-R observatory space.
The Russian side has not yet commented on the information about the fuel tank explosion.
Earlier this week, he became aware of an accident while flying a new Chinese spacecraft. In particular, the inflatable heat shield of the returned cargo pod did not work.
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