* Astronomy

(03 Feb 2010)
Nasa is monitoring about 20,000 pieces of space debris that whiz around the Earth, and NASA reported that the Oersted satellite will pass through a cloud of debris from the Russian cosmos 2251 satellite.

"We have received a warning from the Americans that the remains of the Russian satellite will pass within a distance of 400-500 meters" - Carsten Jorgensen, director of Termas Space Division.

It would not be possible to Immediately detect a collision, but Carsten Jorgensen hopes to get its news during tomorrow afternoon.
The possible collision will take place 700 km north of the Beaufort Sea.

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Ed ~ there was no collision and the satellite seems to have survived the encounter.