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2009 satellite collision
The
2009 satellite collision
was the first accidental
hypervelocity
collision between two intact
artificial satellites
in
low Earth orbit
. It occurred on February 10, 2009, 16:56
UTC
, when
Iridium 33
and
Kosmos-2251
collided at a speed of 42,120 km/h (26,170 mi/h) and an altitude of above the
Taymyr Peninsula
in
Siberia
.
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