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2 Huge Pieces of Space Junk on Collision Course for Tonight Now Have 10 Percent Chance of Direct Hit – Newsweek
“This event continues to be very high risk,” space debris tracking company LeoLabs said of the possible collision.
Two large pieces of space junk weighing more than 2.8 metric tons in total now have a greater than 10 percent chance of a direct collision, experts said Wednesday.
California-based company LeoLabs, which tracks space debris, is predicting that the two objects—a defunct Russian satellite and old Chinese rocket section—will make a close approach at 8:56 p.m. ET on Thursday (12:56 a.m. UTC on Friday) at an altitude of 616 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean.
“This event continues to be very high…
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