Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collision

High Definition video at On February 10 at approximately 1656 GMT, the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications satellites collided over northern Siberia. The impact between the Iridium Satellite LLCowned satellite and the 16yearold satellite launched by the Russian government occurred at a closing speed of well over 15, 000 mph at approximately 490 miles above the face of the Earth. The lowearth orbit (LEO) location of the collision contains many other active s