A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation
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一枚中国商业火箭的末级在发射后于太空解体，碎片散布在国际空间站及SpaceX星链宽带网络大量卫星所在的低地球轨道繁忙区域。该火箭于6月9日将两颗直连手机通信卫星送入轨道后不久发生解体，时间接近末级原定进行钝化燃烧的时刻。美国太空军在空间追踪网站上确认了解体事件，并表示正在追踪碎片以评估碰撞风险，目前对载人航天不构成威胁，分析仍在进行中。
The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a heavily trafficked part of low-Earth orbit home to the International Space Station and a significant portion of SpaceX's Starlink broadband network.
The breakup occurred shortly after the Zhuque-2E rocket reached orbit on June 9 with two satellites providing direct-to-cell communications, perhaps around the time the upper stage was expected to perform a disposal burn. The US Space Force confirmed the breakup event in a post on space-track.org, a website used by the military to distribute orbit data to the public.
"The tracked pieces are being incorporated into routine conjunction assessment to support spaceflight safety," the Space Force wrote in an advisory. "There are currently no threats to human spaceflight. Analysis is ongoing."
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