and garbarge in space

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml§ion=theworld

Space debris to pass metres from ISS
(AFP)

27 June 2006

MOSCOW - A piece of space debris left by the United States could pass within 240 metres (800 feet) of the International Space Station (ISS) but does not pose a serious threat, Russia’s space flight control centre said on Tuesday.


“The object, which could pass 240 metres above the station, is a piece of abandoned American cargo launched in 1963” and weighing 79 kilogrammes (175 pounds), said a spokesman for the centre, Vsevolod Latychev.

“But following our calculations, the chance of a collision is practically zero.... There is therefore no need to change the flight path of the ISS,” he told Latychev.

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