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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (71120)2/12/2009 3:31:28 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
Iridium loses a bird...

2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia -
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
1 hr 16 mins ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its kind in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.

NASA said it will take weeks to determine the full magnitude of the crash, which occurred nearly 500 miles over Siberia on Tuesday.

"We knew this was going to happen eventually," said Mark Matney, an orbital debris scientist at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

more: news.yahoo.com
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