US military: Russian satellite fell apart into more than 100 fragments near the ISS

The Russian satellite "Resource P" collapsed into more than 100 fragments near the International Space Station, according to the space command of the US Armed Forces and NASA .

“The space command may confirm the destruction of the Russian apparatus“ resource P1 ”, this happened in a low near-Earth orbit on June 26,” the press release of the department says.

There are no details about what caused the destruction of the Russian satellite. Since the incident occurred near the ISS, the astronauts who were there had to hide in their spacecraft for about an hour, the NASA press service said.

The American military clarified that at the moment the fragments of the satellite are not threatened. The Russian authorities have not yet commented on what happened.

• The resourcep spacecraft are designed to monitor the surface of the Earth. According to TASS, the term of the active existence of these satellites in orbit is five years. According to the US military, the collapsed device was disabled in 2022.