Colliding Satellites

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:01 pm

Thought this was really interesting: two satellites, an Iridium and a Cosmos, collided in orbit the other day. Created some more space junk, but at least Iridium has an in-orbit spare ready to replace the now broken one. Spaceflight Now

gt0163c · Post by **gt0163c** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:12 am

That is interesting. Bound to happen sometime with all of the stuff that's up in orbit, especially the objects that can't be maneuvered.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:19 am

Speaking of which, here's a cool graphic showing the relative positions of all the satellites and debris up there: Beehive

bnaivar · Post by **bnaivar** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:52 am

Thanks for my new wallpaper Benji!