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Title: US and Russian satellites smash into each other Post by: Alex on February 12, 2009, 06:01:56 PM US and Russian satellites smash into each other
It has taken surprisingly long but two satellites, one US and the other a Russian, have smashed into each other high above the Earth. With approximately 18,000 pieces currently being tracked in space it's impressive that it took until now for a collision to actually occur. "They collided at an altitude of 790 kilometers (491 miles) over northern Siberia Tuesday about noon Washington time," said Nicholas Johnson, NASA's chief scientist for orbital debris at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "The U.S. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/92r0Tv9t7n0/us-and-russian-satellites-smash-into-each-other |