Earth orbit Russian satellite collided with a Chinese

Earth orbit microsatellite Russia faced with fragments of Chinese machine incapacitated in 2007. The accident resulted in national satellite was damaged.

The clash happened back on January 22 however, to understand what happened, experts could only now, after observing the orbits of both objects, reports Space.com.

According to the expert of the American Center for Space Standards and Innovation Thomas Kelso , A piece of the Chinese satellite, «attack» Russia, hardly more than 008 g but is not yet clear how serious damage received a Russian satellite.

This is not the first case of a collision of satellites in space. Debut in the history of such disasters was the accident vehicles «Kosmos-2251» and Iridium 33 belonging to Russia and the United States in February 2009.
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