The wreckage of the collapsed European communications satellite Intelsat 33e does not pose a threat to the orbital constellation of the Russian private company Sitronics Space. The company's general director Pavel Cherenkov told TASS about this.
Cherenkov explained that all Sitronics Space satellites are located at an altitude of 500-600 kilometers from the Earth’s surface – that is, significantly below the geostationary orbit in which the European satellite collapsed. It should be understood that the debris will gradually decrease, and the potential threats of collision with it have yet to be assessed.
The altitude of the geostationary orbit is 35,786 km above sea level.
The Sitronics Space orbital constellation includes 31 spacecraft designed for automatic identification of ships in the World Ocean and remote sensing of the Earth.
On October 22, Roscosmos reported that debris from the destroyed Intelsat-33e satellite could threaten Russian spacecraft. Several Russian satellites are at risk of damage, including Express-AT1, Yamal-402 and Express-AM6, as well as Elektro-L.
According to expert Nathan Eismont, the destruction of the European satellite with a high degree of probability could have occurred due to the explosion of fuel components.
