Satellite debris coming down.

[screembloodymurder]

"As of March 7, there were 355 catalogued fragments of Cosmos 2251 and 159 fragments of Iridium 33," said Daniel Deak, who prepared a map of the debris for Spaceweather.com. "The Cosmos fragments are not only more numerous, but also more widely scattered, ranging in altitude from 198 km to 1,689 km <123 to 1,049 miles>. For comparison, Iridium fragments are confined to altitudes between 582 km and 1,262 km."

http://www.space.com/news/090310-satellite-debris.html

If they can track the debris, why couldn't they predict the collision?

[Javaman]

1. Frankly, I believe they let it happen to see the after effects. nt