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Russian Satellite and Chinese Rocket at ‘Very High Risk’ of Colliding, Could Make Big Mess in Space – Newsweek
The combined mass of both objects is roughly 2.8 metric tons.
Experts say there is a “very high risk” that two large pieces of space junk—a defunct satellite and on old rocket part—could collide on Thursday evening.
LeoLabs, a California-based company that tracks space debris, said their modeling suggests the satellites will miss each other by less than 82 feet, but that there is up to a 20 percent chance of a collision.
The combined mass of both objects, which are in low-Earth orbit at an altitude of around 615 miles, is roughly 2.8 metric tons, the com…
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