A Russian and a US satellite crashed into each other in an unprecedented collision creating clouds of space debris which pose a slight risk to the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.
A disused Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday at 1655 GMT with a US communications satellite owned by the Iridium company, Russian and US space officials said.
"A collision occurred between an Iridium 33 satellite and a Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite," Russia's Major General Alexander Yakushin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency, adding the accident took place about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Siberia.
A disused Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday at 1655 GMT with a US communications satellite owned by the Iridium company, Russian and US space officials said.
"A collision occurred between an Iridium 33 satellite and a Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite," Russia's Major General Alexander Yakushin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency, adding the accident took place about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Siberia.
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