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The warning cone widened and erased their seconds to spare
A functioning Iridium satellite and a long-dead Russian Kosmos converge above Siberia with collision warnings ignored-did they make it in time?
The warning cone widened and erased their seconds to spare
In this episode, we lay out how two objects in low Earth orbit arrived at the same point above the Taymyr Peninsula and what decisions and systems led up to that instant. We focus on the alert mechanics, tracking data, and thresholds that framed the choices - and the question remains: who decided not to maneuver?
Date: February 10, 2009
Location: Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia (altitude ~789 km)…
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