As more and more spacecraft are put into orbit, the chance of a collision increases.Click to enlarge this image. ESA
From Discovery News:
Satellite crashes may be rare, but when they happen, the impact can be long-lasting.
Collisions in space don't happen very often, but when they do the impact is long-lasting. A coalition of satellite traffic cops, however, aims to prevent these episodes from occurring at all.
In orbit, chunks and fragments from a crash won't settle down. They'll keep moving -- extremely rapidly -- upping the odds of additional crashes.
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