Russian satellite hit by debris from Chinese test

A small Russian spacecraft in orbit appears to have been struck by Chinese space junk from a 2007 anti-satellite test, likely damaging the Russian craft, possibly severely, SPACE.com has learned.The space collision appears to have occurred on Jan. 22, when a chunk of China’s Fengyun 1C satellite, which was intentionally destroyed by that country in a 2007 anti-satellite demonstration, struck the Russian spacecraft, according to an analysis by the Center for Space Standards Innovation (CSSI) in Colorado Springs, Colo.CSSI technical program manager T.S. Kelso reported that the collision in…

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