周三,在NASA三号机组任务发射入轨前,国际空间站被迫自我操控、调整位置,以避开2007年中国一次反卫星武器试验所产生的碎片。这些碎片来自中国1999年发射、并于2002年退役的风云一号气象卫星。2007年,中国发射弹道导弹将其炸成3000多块碎片,该行动曾引发多个国家谴责。
(纽约时报中文网)
The @Space_Station preparing for space debris evasion maneuver ?
— РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) November 10, 2021
On November 10, at 20:15 UTC, the #ProgressMS18 spacecraft engines will be fired for 361 s, giving the station a momentum of 0.7 m/s. The ISS orbit average altitude will increase by 1,240 m and reach 420.72 km. pic.twitter.com/OIhodaR2Ax
Chinese space debris heading towards International Space Station, Russian scientists say *****ORI14E2cU9
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 10, 2021
THANK YOU JOEY! 35114 is 1999-025DKS, a debris object from the Chinese ASAT test
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) November 10, 2021
Visualization of the close pass between debris object 35114 (red-orange, southbound) and the ISS (magenta, northbound) at 0056 UTC Nov 12 (assuming no manuever). Location is 420 km above 98W 5S, relative vel 14.8 km/s pic.twitter.com/ylFPjOVHbA
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) November 10, 2021
The object passing close to ISS is one of those pieces. Parent sat was in an 843 x 862 km orbit but the pieces ended up in different orbits - in this case 465 x 935 km when it was cataloged in 2009. Atmospheric drag has since reduced it to 419 x 608 km
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) November 10, 2021
By my count this will be the 29th ISS debris avoidance manuever - I could be off by a few. Of those 29, this will be at least the third due to debris from the Chinese ASAT test.
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) November 10, 2021
The International Space Station swerved to narrowly avoid Chinese space junk. A major impact would be a disaster. *****U2pMKJLFNH
— Science Insider (@SciInsider) November 12, 2021