Colliding Satellites: Consequences and Implications
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The collision on February 10, 2009 between the Iridium 33 satellite and the defunct Cosmos 2251 satellite at an altitude of 470 miles (770 km) significantly increases the amount of space debris in the region of space that is already the most crowded and has the greatest risk of collisions between orbiting objects. The debris cloud created by this collision is like a shotgun blast that threatens other satellites in the region.
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