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Space debris and the battle for space / Jamshid Gaziyev.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gaziyev, Jamshid.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disarmament.
- United Nations.
- Local Subjects:
- Disarmament.
- United Nations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 pages)
- Contained In:
- UN Chronicle Vol. 46, no. 2, p. 72-73 46:2<72 15643913
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- On 10 February 2009, a decommissioned Cosmos 2251 satellite and an operational Iridium 33 satellite collided at an altitude of 790 km in low Earth orbit (leo), a zone heavily populated by communications satellites. The collision created two distinct clouds of more than 800 pieces of space debrisman-made objects in orbit that no longer serve a useful purpose. It was the first collision of two intact spacecraft and the fourth known accidental hypervelocity collision caused by catalogued space debris.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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