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ANOMALOUS · 2023-01-04
The small, secretive Russian satellite Cosmos 2499 broke apart in early Jan 2023 at ~1,200 km, generating dozens of tracked fragments. The cause was never disclosed, and the high altitude means the debris will remain on orbit for over a century.
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