ماهواره آسیب دیده در فضا از خودش سلفی گرفت

Source: Mehr
A satellite took a photo of a hole in its solar panel.

A small hole in the solar panel of an Earth-orbiting satellite shows how serious the dangers of overcrowding are, according to Space.

"Nano Avionics", a Lithuanian satellite manufacturer, has noticed a hole with a diameter of about 6 mm in the selfie taken by the camera on the MP42 satellite. This instrument will orbit the earth from April 2022. The said selfie satellite was recorded on October 24 of this year and "Nano Avionics" published it on its X user account a few days later.

The Lithuanian company said in a statement that it was unclear whether the hole was caused by a small piece of debris or a micro-asteroid. It is also not clear when the event happened because the camera on the satellite had not taken any pictures of the said solar panel in 18 months before recording this photo.

In addition, the hole is so small that it did not even reduce the efficiency of the solar panel.

The European Space Agency estimates that 130 million pieces of debris between one millimeter and one centimeter are orbiting the Earth.