Russian space agency spokesman says no comment on satellite collision

Source: Xinhua | 02-12-2009 13:26

MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman of the Russian Federal Space Agency told Xinhua on Thursday that he knows nothing about the collision of a Russian satellite with a United States satellite. He refused to comment on the incident.

The spokesman, who declined to give his name, said in a telephone interview with Xinhua that he could not yet confirm the reports about the incident.

One privately owned U.S. communications satellite collided with a defunct Russian satellite in space, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds, the U.S. NASA said Wednesday.

The debris clouds pose a slight risk to the international space station, it added.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei