Russia shoots down satellite in ‘debris-generating event': US Space Command

world-regions has shot down a satellite in orbit over the weekend, the U.S. Space Command revealed Monday. 

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Seradata, which operates a launch and satellite database, reported that the downed satellite belonged to Russia and was targeted in an anti-satellite test. 

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“The Cosmos 1408 satellite is a retired Tselina-D class electronic intelligence/signals intelligence satellite launched in September 1982 and which has been dead for decades,” it mentioned in a tweet. 

Following the test, the Russian Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities said the “orbit of the object, which forced the [International Space Station] crew today to move into spacecraft according to standard procedures, has moved away from the ISS orbit.” 

Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.