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Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision

13:01 03/03/2009

A collision between U.S. and Russian satellites in early February may have been a test of new U.S. technology to intercept and destroy satellites rather than an accident, a Russian military expert has said.

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U.S. and Russia satellites collide
11:05 13/02/2009
A privately owned U.S. communications satellite -- owned by Iridium-- collided with a defunct Russian military satellite above Russia's Arctic north. Space officials in Russia and the United States are now tracking hundreds of pieces of debris that were spewed into space.

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