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U.S., Russian satellites collide in space
Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision
13:01 03/03/2009
A collision between U.S. and Russian satellites in early February may have been a test of new U.S. technology to intercept and destroy satellites rather than an accident, a Russian military expert has said.
Ecologists fear satellite debris could be spread across Russia
15:14 13/02/2009
Ecologists have expressed fears that remnants of the U.S. and Russian satellites that collided on Tuesday could pollute a large portion of Russia, a federal environmental official said on Friday.
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U.S., Russian satellites collide in space
13:37 13/02/2009
Wreckage of two satellites in orbit poses serious threat to others
13:12 13/02/2009
The remnants of the U.S. and Russian satellites that collided on Tuesday poses a serious threat to other satellites on the same orbit, a Russian Mission Control official told journalists on Friday.
U.S. and Russia satellites collide
11:05 13/02/2009
A privately owned U.S. communications satellite -- owned by Iridium-- collided with a defunct Russian military satellite above Russia's Arctic north. Space officials in Russia and the United States are now tracking hundreds of pieces of debris that were spewed into space.
Satellite collision debris 'no threat to ISS' - Roscosmos
10:23 12/02/2009
The debris from a collision involving two communications satellites poses no threat to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia's space agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday.
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