Space.com reported that the image was taken by Numerica Corp - a company based in Colorado, USA, which tracks debris in space - and shared by the company's partner Slingshot Aerospace on Twitter.
This is an image taken after Russia's anti-satellite test on November 15, a missile fired from the ground to destroy an inactivated satellite called Cosmos-1408.
There is also a video recorded with an satellite camera showing some of the more than 1,500 traceable debris of the Cosmos-1408 satellite after it was destroyed by Russia. The US Space Command, military officials and NASA Director Bill Nelson have condemned Russia for what they say has put the International Space Station at risk from debris.
In fact, this event has had a significant impact on activities on the ISS Station. The crew of Expedition 66, consisting of 7 people, including 2 Russian astronauts and 3 American astronauts, had to take temporary shelter in a spaceship as the station flew through the debris space.
The International Space Station is at an altitude of about 400 km from Earth and is said to move through the debris field every 90 minutes. space debris tracking company LeoLabs said the space containing the satellite debris was located at an altitude of 440 to 520km from Earth.
China also has a low-orbit space station, called Thien Ha, with three astronauts working there. It is unclear whether the crew will take any special measures as a result of the incident. The average altitude of the Thien Ha core modulate is about 368km.
Russia and the US are the main partners in the International Space Station project that began in the early 1990s.
In August, NASA and Roscosmos said their partnership remained strong despite a July incident when Russia's new Nauka module accidentally tilted the 540-degree space station, causing a temporary emergency.
According to NASA, at that time the astronauts were in no danger. Meanwhile, the engine-ged explosion on Russia's Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft changed the direction of the ISS again in October for about 30 minutes.
A NASA statement about the new debris incident on November 15 noted that the collapse gates between the US and Russian sections of the Space Station are still open.
