Satellite Collisions: What Can Be Done To Prevent Them In The Future?

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 16:56 in Astronomy & Space

The recent collision involving an active U.S. commercial Iridium satellite and an inactive Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite in low Earth orbit has demonstrated an urgent need to establish a civil space traffic control system.

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