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  Robert Berger    Group moderator

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  The worst ever orbital collision

  In an unprecedented space collision, a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said.
  
  Full Story direct link:
  http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/COL...
  
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  • 13 May 2009, 11:39 pm
  Robert Berger wrote: > In an unprecedented space collision, a commercial Iridium > communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into > each above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials > said. > > Full Story direct link: > http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/COLLIDE021109.xml&headline=Orbital%20Collision%20Was%20The%20Worst%20Ever&channel=space > > Full Story: > http://www.reliableembeddedsystems.com/newsflashes/newsflash/the-worst-ever-orbital-collision.html