The 2009 satellite collision was the first major collision between two artificial satellites in Earth orbit. The collision occurred at 16:56 UT[1] on February 10, 2009,[2] at 776 kilometres (482 mi) above the Taymyr Peninsula[1] in Siberia.[2][3]
The collision destroyed both the Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 satellites, owned by Iridium Satellite LLC and the Russian Space Forces respectively. While the Iridium satellite had been operational up until the collision, the Russian satellite had been out of service for several years
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First clash between two artificial satellites occured on feb 10.One was the iridium 33 and the other was the kosmos 2251 which is the name of the book written by carl sagan (duh!)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision
Collision of an Iridium satellite and a Russian Kosmos satellite.
Worst. At least it's not another BT question.
ok off the top of my head... its that satellite collision isnt it?
Satellite Collision couple of days back. Satellites were Iridium and Kosmos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision
Vishal
The satellite collision. Iridium 33 collided with Cosmos 2251
not quite sure but i think
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