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FRAGMENTATION · 2015-11-25
The retired NOAA 16 weather satellite broke up on 25 Nov 2015 in its ~850 km sun-synchronous orbit, most likely from a battery rupture. It is one of a series of aging polar weather satellites that have fragmented late in life, seeding long-lived debris in a crowded orbital band.
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