Russia admitted on Tuesday that it carried out a test fire against one of its old orbiting satellites, confirming Washington’s accusations, but arguing that it posed no risk to the ISS.
“On November 15, the Russian Defense Ministry successfully conducted a test in which the Tselina-D spacecraft, in orbit since 1982 and inactive, was destroyed,” the Russian military said in a report. communicated.
A potential danger for the ISS
Russia fired, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, from Earth at one of its own satellites during a missile test that generated a “cloud” of debris potentially dangerous for the ISS and other satellites.
After the alleged shooting, the seven people currently on board the ISS had to take temporary refuge in their ships in order to prepare for a possible emergency evacuation.