'Russia shot down an artificial satellite with a missile,' the US State Department announced, astronauts evacuated due to a large amount of space debris already occurring

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on November 15, 2021 that Russia conducted an experiment to destroy its own satellite with a missile, resulting in a large amount of space debris. Astronauts already staying at the International Space Station (ISS) have been forced to evacuate due to the effects of this experiment.

Russia Conducts Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Test --United States Department of State
https://www.state.gov/russia-conducts-destructive-anti-satellite-missile-test/

NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test | NASA
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Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud [Updated] | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/debris-from-a-satellite-shot-down-by-the-russians-appears-to-threaten-the-iss/

Space debris was so close to the ISS on November 15, 2021, forcing seven astronauts on the ISS to evacuate to Soyuz and the Crew Dragon. A horde of space debris is approaching the ISS approximately every 90 minutes from pre-dawn to around 9:30 am EST, and ground control stations should keep the ISS hatch closed for the time being just in case. It seems that he instructed. After that, astronaut Mark Vandehai responded to the final communication from the air traffic control station, saying, 'I am looking forward to a calm day tomorrow.'

It is highly possible that this space debris group was caused by a satellite attack weapon test conducted by the Russian army on the 15th. It is highly possible that Russia launched the ballistic missile 'A-235 PL-19 Nudol' from the Presetsk Space Station and shot down the satellite 'Cosmos 1408' from 2:00 to 5:00 on the 15th (Coordinated Universal Time). ..

#Russia this weekend conducted a live anti-satellite weapon test. The target was a signals intelligence satellite, Kosmos-1408, launched 1982. They used a A-235 PL-19 Nudol anti-ballistic / satellite weapon. Here's a video from an earlier test of the missile: pic.twitter.com/YBmyjrZxfF

— AEROSINT Division PSF (@PSFAERO) November 15, 2021

The Cosmos 1408 is a large satellite launched in 1982 with a weight of approximately 2000 kg. The satellite orbit of the Cosmos 1408 is about 450 km from the ground, a little higher than the ISS, but according to artificial satellite expert Jonathan McDowell, the satellite debris will be 'debris' due to the bombing at the time of shooting down. It is highly likely that it will become a 'cloud' and spread widely and overlap with the orbit of the ISS.

Here is the orbit of ISS (blue) compared to that of the Ikar No. 39L satellite (cover name Kosmos-1408) (magenta) and the part of the orbit where the crew have been warned of possible collisions with a debris field (red) ). This shows Kosmos-1408 is a plausible candidate pic.twitter.com/oGJtQxWxkV

— Jonathan McDowell (@ planet4589) November 15, 2021

Roscosmos , a Russian state-owned company in charge of space development in general, reported on Twitter that 'the orbit of debris has moved away from the orbit of the ISS. The ISS is in the green zone (safety).' I have not commented.

The @Space_Station crew is routinely performing operations according to the flight program.

The orbit of the object, which forced the crew today to move into spacecraft according to standard procedures, has moved away from the ISS orbit.

The station is in the green zone. Pic.twitter.com/MVHVACSpmT

— РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) November 15, 2021

'Experiments conducted by Russia have produced more than 1,500 traceable space debris in orbit, and hundreds of thousands of small debris may have been produced,' Secretary of State Blinken reported. 'Long-lived debris from Russia's dangerous and irresponsible experiments threatens satellites that are critical to the security, economic and scientific interests of all nations over the next few decades, as well as ISS and other manned space flights. It greatly increases the risk of astronauts in their activities. The safety and security of all parties exploring and using outer space for peaceful purposes has been inadvertently endangered by Russian experiments. ' I strongly criticized it.

NASA Secretary Bill Nelson also said, 'Like Blinken, I am resentful of Russia's irresponsible and unstable behavior. Russia, which has a long history of manned space flight, is staying in the ISS. And international partner astronauts as well as their own astronauts are unlikely to be at risk. Russia's actions are reckless and dangerous, and China's space stations and astronauts there are also dangerous. I am exposed to Russia, 'he said, expressing his regret for Russia.