Article 5NG9Q Russian Space Junk Hit a Chinese Satellite in March, Evidence Suggests

Russian Space Junk Hit a Chinese Satellite in March, Evidence Suggests

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George Dvorsky
from Gizmodo on (#5NG9Q)
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The mysterious breakdown of the Yunhai 1-02 satellite in March has likely been solved. The discarded remnants of an old Russian rocket appear to have smashed into the Chinese satellite, in what is an ominous sign of things to come in our increasingly cluttered low Earth orbit.

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