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To: energyplay who wrote (46351)2/13/2009 6:40:12 AM
From: nonrev  Read Replies (1) of 217750
 
Hi Energyplay. You said.. "Let's assume the collision was intentional." and went on to observe that the collision did not take place within US observation range.

But it did..the US has a Space track station in Diyabikar Turkey (locally called Princlik). This event was well within this stations telemetry/observation range. (PS they also have a tracking station in Australia)

I used to work there on the Comms side.

Having said that, even with the small probability of a collision like this I do think its most likely an accident.

As previously noted the Russions say this was an "unused" communications satellite. What if it wasn't and was being moved to a more favorable location for observations....

This was probably an unintentional strike... but that doesn't mean there isn't more to the story..

Rgds

nonrev
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