Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collision

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Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collision

Post by weixing »

Hi,
Below are the video recreation of the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7EKlqCE20

So many satellites up there and it sure to happen again.

Have a nice day.
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Post by Tachyon »

Wow.. with so many space objects, we are pretty protected from any asteroids, no? (Just kidding!)
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Post by zackae »

reminds me of wall-e when they leave Earth and had to go through a TON of Buy 'N Large satellites. LoL!
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