Collision Of Satellites Was Worst Ever

A broadside collision between two satellites – one of them an operational Iridium communications relay – was the worst orbital accident on record and may wind up rivaling the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite weapon test in the debris cloud it created. The Iridium satellite – one of 66 in the “Big LEO”...

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