In the Russian Academy of Sciences reported about partial destruction of the American satellite in an orbit

Photo: National administration office on aeronautics and space research / Getty Images the American Galaxy 11 satellite of 1999 of start partially collapsed in a geostationary orbit, reported Institute applied mathematics (IPM) of M. W. Keldyscha RAHN. Operators did not report the reason. In the Russian Academy of Sciences assumed that destruction was caused "by aging of screen and vacuum thermal insulation of the case, concentrators of sunlight or panels of solar batteries". Scientists warned that fragments of the device constitute potential danger to operating satellites in an orbit. Galaxy 11 — a geostationary communication satellite, his operator — Intelsat Ltd. It yet...