Space: The Final Junkyard
SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-10-25
TOPICS:
Satellites • Sputnik Program • Sputnik Programme • Sputnik 1 • Soviet Space Dogs • Project Vanguard • Disaster_accident • Environment
[145 diggs @ Space] Since 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik 1 into orbit, thousands of satellites have been launched into space. Whilst some of them are operational, many have failed over time remaining in orbit as floating junk... and potentially devastating debr...
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