Source: CCTV.com

02-12-2009 10:50

Special Report:   Tech Max

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- One U.S. communications satellite has collided with one defunct Russian satellite in space, NASA said Wednesday.

A computer-generated image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows trackable objects in Low Earth Orbit (LOE). US and Russian satellites crashed in space, the first known major accident of its kind, creating two clouds of debris that were being tracked by experts.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
A computer-generated image released by the European Space
Agency (ESA) shows trackable objects in Low Earth Orbit (LOE).
US and Russian satellites crashed in space, the first known
major accident of its kind, creating two clouds of debris
that were being tracked by experts.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

The first such collision in space, the accident occurred Tuesday nearly 500 miles (805 kilometers) over Siberia, NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said.

A pair of massive debris clouds was produced after the crash, the spokesman said, adding that the magnitude of the accident was still unknown.




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