i4u.com - 2/12/2009
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For the first time in history (at least publicly known) two satellites collided in Space. This space accident was happening 485miles over Siberia already on Tuesday.
The US satellite is owned by Satellite phone service provider Iridium. The Russian sate...
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US and Russian Satellites collide in Space
Newlaunches.com —
... The Earth's orbit is already full of satellites, working and non-working. Looks like apart from our land, water and air, we have one more to clean up – the Outer Space! [ i4u ]
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US and Russian satellites collide in unprecedented accident
engadget.com 2/12/2009 —
A US-owned Iridium satellite has hit a defunct Russian satellite in an unprecedented space collision. The crash occurred some 790km (491 miles) over Siberia on Tuesday, according to NASA, and produced a "massive" cloud of debris. About 600 pieces are being tracked from the debris field in ...
Satellites collide in space —
Krunker
A U.S. and Russian satellite collided over Siberia yesterday in what is being described as the first ever crash involving these kinds of objects at orbital speeds (approximately 17,500 miles per hour). According to this Bloomberg report, the collision occurred at 11:55am EST above Siberia and ...
U.S., Russian Satellites Collide in Orbit —
Digital Trends
In what's believed to be the most significant incident of its kind, a derelict Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite has collided with a U.S. communications satellite that's part of the Iridium satellite communication network. The collision occurred approximately 500 miles ...
When Satellites Collide —
TeamDroid
Like a scene from the Japanese TV series “Planetes“, a Russian and US satellite have collided in orbit. Early in February a non functional Russian military satellite (Kosmos 2251) and a US Iridium communications satellite occurred temporarily disrupting the Iridium communications ...
It Finally Happened: Two Satellites Crash In Space [Breaking] —
Gizmodo
The AP is reporting that two satellites just crashed 500 miles above Siberia in the first-ever in-orbit collision of two spacecrafts. "We knew this was going to happen eventually," Johnson Space Center orbital debris scientist Mark Matney told reporters, in what I imagine was the most ...
US and Russian Satellite crash in Space —
I4U News
For the first time in history (at least publicly known) two satellites collided in Space. This space accident was happening 485miles over Siberia already on Tuesday.
The US satellite is owned by Satellite phone service provider Iridium. The ...
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