Russia’s Kosmos 1408 satellite was destroyed in orbit earlier on Tuesday in what appears to have been a demonstration of Russia’s Nudol anti-satellite missile. While the Russian government has not yet acknowledged the cause of the satellite’s breakup, concerns about debris from the satellite have already disrupted operations aboard the International Space Station and could pose a threat to other spacecraft in low Earth orbit for some time to come.
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NASA and the SLS teams have successfully launched the agency’s super heavy lift rocket which…
