The Barents Sea supports the world's largest cod #fishery 🎣. #Hydrazine fuels are known to cause #cancer after respiratory exposure or ingestion in humans. #Russia has dropped rocket πŸš€ stages fueled with unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (#UDMH) into the Barents Sea. The #ESA should encourage Russia to move to its new generation of #Soyuz and #Angara rockets https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/toxic-splash-russian-rocket-stages-dropped-in-arctic-waters-raise-health-environmental-and-legal-concerns/EAC6047606BDFFE6F8361F91EF02D14B#sec10

#RokotM launches 2026 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_October%E2%80%93December_2026

Rockot : https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/SMOS/Launcher

#DinitrogenTetroxide #Plesetsk

Toxic splash: Russian rocket stages dropped in Arctic waters raise health, environmental and legal concerns | Polar Record | Cambridge Core

Toxic splash: Russian rocket stages dropped in Arctic waters raise health, environmental and legal concerns - Volume 53 Issue 6

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