Kosmos 1408 was lolling across the skies between earth and space, minding its own business, when all of the sudden a smash could be heard, could be felt by the machine that soon sent it tumbling into a sea of fire.
That poor machine was a satellite called Kosmos 1408. F in Chat, first of all, before we go on.
That poor satellite was taken out by a missile that was designed, built, equipped by, and fired by the Russian government. Poor Kosmos 1408 had become the same stuff as targets, ducks in a carnival lined up for an unfair sporting. Poor Kosmos 1408 was blown to smithereens by its own government (I won’t assume the gender here, folks).
The net effect, of course, is that now there is space debris hurtling towards, well, us, you and me. We are all surely about to…ok, so we’re not all about to die, but who knows, some unlucky human might be felled by the chance encounter with the remnant of that sad machine, that satellite, Kosmos 1408.
Needless to say, the world community is not too pleased with this little Top Gun stunt, and formal complaints are sure to follow the public rheotric that has emerged in response to this senseless assassination of Kosmos 1408.
RIP Kosmos 1408. May your death not kill me or anyone I know. Thanks.
Russia Blew Up One of Its Satellites Creating Dangerous Space Debris | by Nabil Alouani | Nov, 2021
From onezero.medium.com
2021-11-30 13:40:01
Excerpt:
Earlier this month, a Russian satellite called Kosmos 1408 exploded, resulting in a cloud of debris that endangered the International Space Station (ISS) and the safety of its seven astronauts.
The explosion was no accident.
The Russian military destroyed Kosmos 1408 using an anti-satellite missile fired from the ground. Upon impact, the old craft shattered into thousands of pieces of space junk that began to race around the earth at high speeds.
The problem with space debris is its destructive power. An object the size of a can of soda can inflict the same damage as 15 pounds of TNT — enough power to pierce through the most solid metallic structures ever built.
