In space the American telecommunication satellite] collapse

The telecommunication Galaxy 11 satellite was it is started in 1999, and now its fragments constitute danger to other satellites in a geostationary orbit, the Russian scientists reported. The geostationary orbit is an orbit in the plane of the terrestrial equator. It is used for placement of various artificial satellites which work at height about 35 thousand kilometers. The Galaxy 11 satellite was operated by Intelsat Ltd. Why the American spacecraft collapsed while it is not clear. In ITMO assume that the reason in wear of thermal insulation of the case, concentrators of the solar...