
Doomed for destruction is DebriSat, a nonfunctional, full-scale representation of a modern satellite, shown here prior to test at the Range G target tank at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee.
Credit: U.S. Air Force/Jacqueline Cowan
A new story from me, up today on Space.com:
Mock Satellite Destroyed to Study Space Junk Collisions
By Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist
October 28, 2014 07:00am ET
http://www.space.com/27555-debrisat-space-junk-collisions.html