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Russian and Chinese Space Junk Narrowly Avoided a Collision Yesterday – PCMag AU
Segments of an old Russian satellite and a Chinese rocket pass within 70 meters of each other in low Earth orbit.
(Photo: skeeze/Pixabay)
Every year there’s more objects and more space junk circling the Earth. If any of those objects collide it could result in a major disaster affecting on-Earth communications and services. Such an incident nearly happened last night.
As the BBC reports, there was concern yesterday regarding a segment of an old Russian satellite (COSMOS 2004) and a discarded Chinese rocket (CZ-4C R/B). It was calculated that the two pieces of space junk could pass within less than 25 mete…
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