The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich, said on Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2020) The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich, said on Tuesday.
"We have decided to rename the system to 'Milky Way.' As of today, it is called the NES ASPOS [Warning Automated System of Hazardous Situations in near-Earth Space]," Urlichich said during the annual Academic Space Conference, named after Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.
Asteroids and spacecraft debris that is left in near-Earth space after use pose a threat to our planet and its ecosystem.
