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Check out the Kosmos-2251/Iridium-33 collision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision
by erigeron 7y ago
Check out the Kosmos-2251/Iridium-33 collision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision
- kartikkumar 7y agoTS Kelso at AGI put out an interesting white paper with more details: https://www.agi.com/resources/white-papers/analysis-of-the-iridium-33-cosmos-2251-collision https://www.agi.com/resources/white-papers/analysis-of-the-i... Kelso is also the brains behind CelesTrak for debris tracking: https://www.celestrak.com https://www.celestrak.com There are also a number of videos on YouTube of the collision profile, made using AGI's Systems Toolkit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRC9dHKI9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRC9dHKI9Y
- perl4ever 7y agoI'm unclear what "at a speed of" means. Is this relative velocity or just how fast they were both orbiting? Why phrase it this way, I wonder.