An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole

An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit.The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and designed to host several instruments for different customers. The source of the hole from a chickpea-sized object is uncertain, but the event underscores the growing risk to spacecraft in orbit around our planet."Whether this impact was from a micrometeoroid or a piece of spa