LeoLabs’ Radar Tracking Debris Shed By Defunct Russian Satellite

August 28, 2020
Multiple streaks on LeoLabs’ space-radar returns indicate debris generated by a Russian Resurs 01 satellite.
Credit: LeoLabs
Commercial space tracking startup LeoLabs is using its ground radars to monitor debris generated by a Russian Earth-resources satellite in the early hours of Aug. 27. The Resurs 01 satellite, launched in 1994 and assumed to be defunct, is in a 630-km (390-mi.) orbit that is heavily used by Earth...

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