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Collision between two satellites on Siberia skies
Cape Canaveral, USA - High risk for telescope "Hubble"

Two communication satellites, one US owned by Iridium launched in 1997 and one Russian already disused and launched in 1993, collided nearly 805 kilometers over Siberia and a flash would have been visible in the night sky, said yesterday night Kelly Humphries, NASA spokeswoman. Each satellite weighed well over 455 kg. The debris from a collision involving two communications satellites poses no threat...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099727
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency