Satellite Collision Will Affect Travel in Space
by Greg on Feb.23, 2009, under Science Life
As well as other very important assets, like the Hubble Telescope. From Gizmodo:
(click to share this post on facebook)“Future launches will have to be adjusted with regard to the fact that the debris [from the collision] has spread over an 800-km area and will gather at a common orbit in 5-6 years,” said Alexander Stepanov, director of the Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg.
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