As such, the Iridium satellite was not maneuvering to avoid one collision; it was operating in control and in its correct orbit when it was struck by the Russian satellite, which had been ...

The collision earlier this month that destroyed an Iridium communications satellite has prompted a call for a multinational space situational awareness network and the integrated use of operators ...

A U.S.-operated Iridium satellite -- one of a 66-member commercial constellation of communications satellites -- and a Russian satellite designated Cosmos 2251 collided on February 10.

One was an operational U.S. communications satellite, Iridium-33. The other was a heavier, obsolete Russian military satellite called Cosmos-2251. For space scientists, the collision was a rude ...

Iridium 33 weighed about 1,230 lbs. (560 kg), and Cosmos 2251 tipped the scales at about 1,980 lbs. (900 kg). Inflatable Space Stations of Bigelow Aerospace (Infographic) Space Junk Explained: The ...

NASA has revealed that an Iridium communications satellite collided with a Russian Cosmos 2251 communications satellite over the South Pole at 1155h Washington DC time on Tuesday. The collision ...

In February 2009, the commercial communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the Russian military communications satellite Cosmos 2251. The collision, which was not the first recorded ...

One was an operational U.S. communications satellite, Iridium-33. The other was a heavier, obsolete Russian military satellite called Cosmos-2251. For space scientists, the collision was a rude ...

The collision of Iridium and Russian satellites in February and the destruction of two Chinese satellites since 2000 have significantly increased the amount of space debris posing a threat to the ...

Scientists at NASA have revealed how one of their spacecraft came within a few hundred feet of a catastrophic collision with a defunct Soviet-era spy satellite last month. The NASA craft, the ...