Wednesday, 10 February 2016

THROWBACKTHISDAY, FEB 10; Collision In Space


On Thisday Feb. 10th, 2009 Two satellites collide in Space Over Siberia the Iridium 33 live ( US Owned communications satellite ) and Kosmos-2251 retired ( Russian military communications satellite ) collide.
As the number of satellites In Use and those no longer in operation the chances of collisions increase Currently 6,000 satellites are in orbit and about 3,000 remain operational.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 7 years and TBT Blog remembers.

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