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Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Infographic: The Earth's Satellites, Sorted by Nation



This infographic by Michael Paukner shows which nations have how many satellites in orbit around the earth. Information is sorted by functionality. You can view a larger image at the link.

Link, Via: Gizmodo, Via: Neatorama

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Satellites Collide in First-Ever Mid-Space Crash




Yikes! A commercial Iridium communications satellite and a "presumably-defunct" Russian Cosmos spacecraft smashed into one another on Tuesday, more than 490 miles above northern Siberia. It's the first ever sat-on-sat collision, SpaceFlightNow.com reports.
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