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On Thursday, the ISS had to fire its thrusters for more than four minutes to power past the trajectory of the debris, which came from Russia s destroyed Cosmos 1408 satellite.
While the area isn t particularly deep, at roughly two and a half miles, or overly remarkable, it is incredibly remote, with the nearest landmass 1,677 miles away.