Russian satellite collides with Chinese space debris from ASAT test

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Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com

On Jan. 22, a Russian nanosatellite known as the Ball Lens In The Space [BLITS] was hit and severely damaged by a piece of space junk created by a Chinese test that awakened the U.S. national security world to Beijing’s anti-satellite capability and intentions.

A graphic shows how debris from a Chinese anti-satellite program (red arc) test hit a Russian satellite. /Analytical Graphics, Inc.
A graphic shows how debris from a Chinese anti-satellite program (red arc) test hit a Russian satellite.  /Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Six years earlier, on Jan. 11, 2007, the Chinese military fired an anti-satellite missile [ASAT] into space and intentionally destroyed the country’s Fengyun 1C satellite, creating the largest space junk belt in human history.

A small piece from the lethal debris collided with the Russian scientific research spacecraft, as confirmed by the Colorado Springs-based Center for Space Standards & Innovation [CSSI].

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