The Russian military satellite Cosmos-2560 was de-orbited and burned up in less than two months after launch
A few months ago, the Russian military satellite Cosmos-2555 burned down. A new spacecraft, Cosmos-2560, followed the same path, but it managed to survive a little longer.
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On October 16, Russia sent the Cosmos-2560 satellite into orbit. It was supposed to be used for reconnaissance, but something didn't go according to plan. On December 10, less than two months after launch, Cosmos-2560 fell out of orbit and burned up in the atmosphere over Guam. This was reported by Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge.
The Russian military sat Kosmos-2560, launched in October, reentered on Dec. 10 at 0154 UTC over Guam. Like the previous satellite it the series, it performed no orbit raising burns. pic.twitter.com/ukxSU3PIco
- Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) December 11, 2022
Cosmos-2560 is not the first Russian military satellite to burn up ahead of schedule. On April 29 this year, the Russians launched the Cosmos-2555 spacecraft. It failed to stay in orbit for even a month. On the morning of May 18, The Russian military satellite Kosmos-2555 with the symbol Z followed the ship and burned down less than a month after launch.
Source: @planet4589
