The Perseus upper stage of the Russian Angara launch vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean – fortunately, neither he nor its debris touched anything
Russian upper stage already in the Pacific Ocean
The upper stage with the satellite mockup entered the atmosphere on January 5 at about 23:08 Kiev time and fell into the water.
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The exact coordinates of the fall of the device are unknown, but the debris fell into sparsely populated region, assured American astronomer Jonathan McDowell.
The device entered the atmosphere in the area at about 1590 kilometers southeast of Pitcairn Island.
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This upper stage, we recall, was unable to bring the satellite mock up into orbit. In flight, the unit is unexpected and not according to plan turned on the engines, which turned it 540 degrees.
Since then, the block has drifted in the sky at altitude about 200 km. The mass of “Perseus” at the time of launch is about 20 tons with fuel, the weight of the structure itself is 3-4 tons.
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At most, debris could damage someone’s roof. But they could have killed someone if they fell on a living creature.
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Source From: Segodnya
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