Possible inter-satellite collision on Friday (2PM NZ Time)

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Possible inter-satellite collision on Friday (2PM NZ Time)

Edwin Rod

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Hi Folks

Twitter seems to be down, but to the best of my knowledge this is going to be 2pm today!

Links and info below

Cheers Edwin

Possible inter-satellite collision on Friday

Two objects in low-Earth orbit may collide with each other on Friday, in a hyper-velocity impact which would lea...

Warning issued over possible 2.8 tonne space junk collision

Everybody in space industry will be concerned by the risk of a major collision on Friday, says Rocket Lab.

We likely won't know anything about the possible satellite collision tonight until the Chinese CZ-4C booster passes over New Zealand. That's 5000 km or roughly 11 minutes after the (possible) impact, say 9:07 PM EDT. Maybe we'll hear something by 9:10 or so.

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Thanks Edwin

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