Pure guess at the moment Allen , but having just heard about this I'm looking at Iridium 15 and Cosmos 2298 Deb for starters john --- On Wed, 11/2/09, Allen Thomson <thomsona@flash.net> wrote: > From: Allen Thomson <thomsona@flash.net> > Subject: Iridium, Cosmos collide > To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Date: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009, 10:31 PM > Yikes! Any details as to which particular satellites were > involved? Or, just to stay on-topic, observations? > > > http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/11iridium/ > > Two satellites collide in orbit > BY WILLIAM HARWOOD > STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & > USED WITH PERMISSION > Posted: February 11, 2009; > Updated @ 5 p.m. with statement from Iridium > > In an unprecedented space collision, a commercial Iridium > communications satellite and a presumably defunct Russian > Cosmos satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern > Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said today. > > [etc.] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, > SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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