Iridium/Cosmos Satellite Collision

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 15:14 in Astronomy & Space

The Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications satellites collided over northern Siberia. The impact between the Iridium Satellite and the 16-year-old satellite launched by the Russian government occurred at a closing speed of well over 15,000mph.

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