NASA Was 'Really Scared' When a Russian Satellite Almost Oblirated Its Orbiter

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, the agency was "really scared" by the near-miss involving the agency's Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission satellite and Russia's Cosmos 2221 orbiter.

"Had the two satellites collided we would have seen debris generation, tiny shards traveling at 10,000 miles per hour," Melroy continued, "waiting to puncture a hole in another spacecraft and potentially putting human lives at risk."Space Sustainability Strategy

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