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Exploding Russian Satellite really a Rocket Booster

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Posted February 22nd, 2007 by G Kontos
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I'm sure plenty of people saw this article on Fark.com about an Exploding Russian Satellite. As it turns out, it wasn't a Russian satellite, but a rocket booster filled with corrosive hypergolic fuels. The rocket booster, called a Breeze-M, is left from a 2006 satellite launch. Evidently this sort of explosion is not uncommon. The explosion filled space with over 1000 pieces of debris. Combine that debris with the Chinese weather satellite and...All I can say is, start stockpiling your HDTV signal now.

Make sure to check out this cool animation of the debris field.

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On May 2nd, 2008 satellite phone rental (not verified) says:

There are more pictures and explanation of this explosion here http://www.hillsrain.com/Weather_Station/Events/2007/19-02-07/index2.shtml, it's pretty spectacular.

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