Research Institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash, which includes the mission control Center, deeply considers these the explosion of the Russian upper stage " Fregat-SB ", said Last news in the state Corporation. "The destruction was may 8, 2020, in the interval 08: 00-09: 00 MSK (standard Moscow time. Approx. Ed.) above the waters of the Indian ocean " - said Roscosmos. at the time of emergency tanks of the upper stage were in an elliptical orbit with highest altitude of 3606 kilometers and the minimum is 422 km. Currently, the Experts clarify the number of detected fragments of the device and the characteristics of their orbits. before the destruction of "Fregat-SB" told the U.S. military. According to them, in a 65 debris. Russian automated system warning of dangerous situations in near-earth space agreed the explosion of tanks of the upper stage "Fregat-SB" used in July 2011 with the launch of the astrophysical Observatory " Spektr-R ". <span style="color:darkgray