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antubbs | 12 years ago

So, it's certainly happened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision

I'm nowhere near talented enough to talk in terms of "odds" with respect to satellite collisions, but it's worth noting that certain orbit geometries are going to naturally see a lot more density because several satellites want to be in a somewhat similar orbit for various reasons.

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