12 Feb
Iridium says in dark before orbital crash
By Jim Wolf Jim Wolf 2 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iridium Satellite LLC said Thursday it had no advance warning of an impending collision between one of its communications satellites and a defunct Russian military satellite above Siberia.
Amid questions of liability, negligence and possible lawsuits, the closely held company rejected [...]
12 Feb
February 11, 2009 3:47 PM PST
by Bill Harwood
In 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 [...]
12 Feb
Wed Feb 11, 6:59 pm ET
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.
NASA said it will take weeks to determine the full magnitude of the crash, which occurred nearly [...]
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