US satillite dodging Chinese missle debris

US satillite dodging Chinese missle debris -> 0

Submitted by GSGKT on Friday January 11 2008, @04:48PM

GSGKT writes "Today's Washington Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space junks orbiting the earth. Debris from the anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese military last year threatens the integrity of more than 800 operating satellites, half of them belongs to the US. Two orbiting U.S. spacecraft were forced to change course to avoid being damaged soon after the incident. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ted Kresge, director of air, space and information operations at the Air Force Space Command in Colorado, estimates that "essentially (Chinese anti-satellite tests) increase the amount of space debris orbiting the Earth by about 20 percent", and the debris might threaten spacecraft for up to 100 years."
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