http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/ Engadget Comments for US and Russian satellites collide in 'unprecedented' accident http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/\^[]]>Feb 12th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Шутка

Who's at fault? The one who put a non-operational satellite in the orbit and left it there instead of pulling it back into atmosphere and burning it or going and capturing it in order to re-use it. Means both sides are at fault. Space isn't supposed to be a satellite junkyard, ya know?]]>Feb 12th 2009 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
It's not like they are use much any more. Just more space junk.]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
It was a good idea when cell phone networks were fractured. Now that you can get global cell service satellite phones are more a niche product.]]>Feb 12th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
I presume it was a radioisotope generator which is really no big deal. those things are solid state and pretty much safe.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/]]>Feb 13th 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/And why the heck would they put a program into satellites which would detect incoming objects and correct trajectory? Its easier to throw another satellite into the orbit!
Ecology? Economy? Who cares about this crap?!]]>Feb 12th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Roger Wilko!! I'm surprised to hear this name :-)]]>Feb 12th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/ ...So, who's going to clean it up? ...

Thousands of chunks of two satellites receding from each other at thousands of kilometers per hour in a massive semi-spherical spray, that is, in all directions.

The Eons are going to be cleaning this one up.
]]>Feb 12th 2009 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
>>> ...The angle subtending the two satellites' trajectories was 103.3 degrees. The two
>>> satellites were travelling at the same speed: 4.6 miles per second. Using basic
>>> physics, I estimated that when the two satellites collided, they had a relative
>>> velocity of 5.7 miles per second or approximately 20,500 miles per hour...

That's 30,000+ KMH collision speed.

Poof!

Let's see someone catch up with THOSE pieces..]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
I am pretty sure it is considered good practice to use your last remnants of propellant to boost yourself up into a high 'graveyard' orbit, where you won't get in the way of anyone else for a long time. However, if the satellite stopped responding due to a fault rather than just running out of gas, there isn't really much you can do. And even if you have a functioning power supply, you need some actual propellant.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
Pardon me for donning the "tinfoil hat", but this sounds more like a Satellite Assassination then a mere accident. Whatever was on that Russian space craft was important enough to use a Civilian satellite to destroy. And Classified enough to fake a run in and full the sky with more hazardous space junk. Vladimir Putin just lost a super-cool Cold War toy, kids. You can bet on it.
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And no, NORAD does not track every satellite up there, let alone *screwdrivers*. There are thousands, all with their own trajectories. They're all flying through space at ridiculous speeds, so you basically have no way to know where they are before long if their communication arrays go down.]]>Feb 12th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
Yes. It was a space-based mirror like the ones used in "Spies Like Us". Except Russian. So we body-checked it with a kinetic-kill vehicle.

Now the secret is out. We've been waiting to exhale.... siiiiIIIIGHHHhhhhh.....

-NORAD]]>Feb 12th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 14th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
Wait! How do we know it wasn't the other way around??? Maybe it's Idrovof's fault!]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/]]>Feb 12th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/
That seems to make sense to me. ]]>Feb 12th 2009 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/us-and-russian-satellites-collide/Feb 12th 2009 2:13AM