An unprecedented collision with a Russian satellite has destroyed a U.S. communications ... Becky Ianotta is a former SpaceNews reporter covering space industry and policy news from 2008 to 2009.

NASA Studies Satellite Collision Over Siberia NASA is trying to understand the consequences of the collision in space of two large satellites. ... 2009 4:00 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered.

The collision between a US and Russian satellite some 500 miles above Siberia has raised concerns about the threat posed by orbital garbage.

Feb 11, 2009, 11:07pm EST Jun 19, 2013, 04:50pm EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 10 years old. ... The incident is believed to be the first in-orbit collision involving a commercial ...

Feb. 12, 2009— -- When two satellites crashed in space Wednesday, it was unprecedented -- the largest orbital collision yet -- but it wasn't exactly unexpected. "We knew this was going to ...

Commercial satellite companies are assessing the impact of a collision in space where a Russian craft destroyed an American communications satellite. ... 2009. Exploring cause of satellite collision.

Feb 12, 2009 8:39 AM. Satellite Collision and Wall-E repost. In this scene, the spacecraft has to break through all the Earth-based space debris.

Satellite collision math, ... Feb 12, 2009 10:19 AM. Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment OK, so last night I posted about satellites that collided in orbit.

The last time a massive collision occurred was in 2009 when an inactive Russian communications satellite collided with an active communications satellite, resulting in 2,000 pieces of debris and ...

The last collision, in 2009, saw a dead Russian military satellite ram into an active communications satellite operated by US-based telecommunications firm Iridium.