The rocket’s empty core stage, weighing nearly 18 tons, is the largest piece of space debris to fall uncontrolled back to Earth since 1991.
Space Debris
Over the next 24 months, LeoLabs Collision Avoidance will expand collision alerts to include previously uncatalogued small debris.
Roscosmos noted that the launch vehicle fragmented in a region of Earth’s orbit that’s over the Indian Ocean.
Rami Ibrahim talks about the various initiatives undertaken globally to deal with space debris.
