Russian Satellite Breaks Apart in Orbit

According to United States Space Command (US SPACECOM), the Russian RESURS-P1 satellite broke apart in low-Earth orbit today into 100 discernable pieces. Those pieces, now falling into the atmosphere reportedly pose no threats to humans on the ground or commercial and national interest in orbit. LeoLabs, a debris-tracking service also announced that the satellite had "released a number of fragments", forming a debris field. The announcement from US SPACECOM reads below: