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Pieces of orbiting space junk set for very close pass – BBC News
Two bits of discarded Russian and Chinese space hardware may pass within less than 25m of each other.
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image captionThere is growing concern about the potential for more collisions in space (Artwork image)
Two pieces of old space junk may come within 25m of each other, according to a Silicon Valley start-up which uses radars to track objects in orbit.
LeoLabs has been monitoring the paths of a defunct Russian satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket segment.
It sees them converging over Antarctica at 00:56 GMT (01:56 BST) on Thursday.
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