U.S. and Russian satellites collide
By Bill Harwood CBS
Posted on ZDNet News: Feb 12, 2009 5:09:30 AM
In an unprecedented space collision, a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said today. The international space station does not appear to be threatened by the debris, they said, but it's not yet clear whether it poses a risk to any other military or civilian satellites.
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