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Fri, 05/15/2009 - 12:36
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Space litter lands in Kazakhstan
Uralsk, May 15, 2009 (Khabar) - Two metal objects have landed in the West Kazakhstan region. According to the Ministry for Emergency situations, these might be fragments of a satellite or a rocket booster which failed to burn completely and reached the Earth. The event itself took place one month ago not far from the village of Razdolnoye in the West Kazakhstan region but it has been announced only recently. On the 16th of April, two machine operators were returning home from work when they saw a sparkling object quickly moving down from the sky. Then, it finally reached the earth.
Denis Kononov, machine operator:
- I noticed something round lying on the ground. At first, I was a bit scared. Then, I took some cloth and picked up the hot object. I placed it in my tractor and showed it to my friends the next day. They were really surprised. Then I was told it might have been radioactive this is why I decided to throw it away in the junk yard.
The Ministry for Emergency situations learnt about this case several days ago. Officials from the regional emergency situations department arrived at the scene immediately as well as those from the sanitary and epidemiological supervision agency. Specialists still cannot define what exactly fell down from space but the objects look like space litter. The shape of the fragments resembles some fuel tanks designed for space craft.
Maksim Khairekenov, rapid response office chief, West Kazakhstan Department for Emergency situations:
- The Ministry for Emergency Situations has already been informed about the case. Specialists will later announce what the fragments really are. The radioactive state is normal with no other fragments found yet.
Currently about 10 000 uncontrollable objects are at low orbits of our planet and they can collide with space ships and fall in any region of the planet. In 1978 US scientist Donald Kessler prognosed that launches will be impossible in future as space litter will fill the space. It is known now as syndrome of Kessler.
Denis Kononov, machine operator:
- I noticed something round lying on the ground. At first, I was a bit scared. Then, I took some cloth and picked up the hot object. I placed it in my tractor and showed it to my friends the next day. They were really surprised. Then I was told it might have been radioactive this is why I decided to throw it away in the junk yard.
The Ministry for Emergency situations learnt about this case several days ago. Officials from the regional emergency situations department arrived at the scene immediately as well as those from the sanitary and epidemiological supervision agency. Specialists still cannot define what exactly fell down from space but the objects look like space litter. The shape of the fragments resembles some fuel tanks designed for space craft.
Maksim Khairekenov, rapid response office chief, West Kazakhstan Department for Emergency situations:
- The Ministry for Emergency Situations has already been informed about the case. Specialists will later announce what the fragments really are. The radioactive state is normal with no other fragments found yet.
Currently about 10 000 uncontrollable objects are at low orbits of our planet and they can collide with space ships and fall in any region of the planet. In 1978 US scientist Donald Kessler prognosed that launches will be impossible in future as space litter will fill the space. It is known now as syndrome of Kessler.
