Northing could have been done to prevent the collision of an Iridium Satellites LLC bird with a dead Russian Cosmos intel satellite, a senior U.S. military officer said. "There was nothing that could have been done that could have prevented that collision," said Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The command tracks space debris, at least pieces of junk over a certain size, and estimates if a…
Commander Says Nothing Could Have Prevented Iridium-Cosmos Collision
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