Satellite crash raises growing concern over space junk
Published: 13 February, 2009, 02:30
Russia is monitoring the wreckage of two communications satellites that collided in space above Siberia.
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Published: 13 February, 2009, 02:30
Russia is monitoring the wreckage of two communications satellites that collided in space above Siberia.
