Friday, September 10, 2010

When Satellites Collide: Iridium 33 Strikes Defunct Russian Sat in Unprecedented Accident

On February 10, the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications satellites collided over northern Siberia, at approximately 1656 GMT. The impact between the Iridium Satellite LLC-owned satellite and the 16-year-old defunct Russian military satellite occurred at a closing speed of well over 15,000 mph, 490 miles above the face of the Earth.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsWorld-LatestNews/~4/538336450" height="1" width="1"/

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