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Yet another space debris event - the breakup of the defunct Soviet-era Meteor 2-7 satellite on Oct 5, as reported by LeoLabs.
NORAD ID 12456, launched in 1981.
Meteor 2-7 is in an 828 x 898 km 81.2° inclination near-polar orbit.
Two other such events have occurred in the past few months - YG-50 02 and USA 32.
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2026-10-08 11:19:23 UTCEvent JSON
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