By Mr. Davis Florick, Col Lina Cashin, Mr. Robert A. Sims, Mr. Jason Sturch, and Maj C. Patrick Dozier of United States Strategic Command As space becomes more congested, maintaining a timely and accurate picture of space activities simultaneously becomes both more important and difficult. With an ever-increasing number of space-faring entities, comes the expectation of the utmost protection for [...]
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Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251, Three Years Later
February 10, 2012 marks the third anniversary of the first ever collision between two intact satellites in orbit. The collision, which occurred between Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 over Siberia, stunned the aerospace community and brought the realization that even though the heavens were vast, the orbital planes above the Earth are finite and there are few if any rules [...]
