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Satellite crash not as bad as thought, Russian report claims

Submit on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 05:57

According to an unconfirmed Russian report the collision between Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 was not as critical as initially feared. The accuracy of that report was unknown at the time of writing this. Also: a blame game has started involving U.S. and Russian officials, while ESA is working on a programme that is to provide more precise tracking data.
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