Iridium 33 Collision - University of Southampton simulation

This video shows a simulation of the collision between the US Iridium-33 and Russian Cosmos-2251 Satellites on 10 February 2009. The calculation is performed using the Southampton DAMAGE space debris model.

More details are available at: http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2009/feb/09_18.shtml

Note, Southampton runs the only degree course in Rocket Science in the UK - see www.southampton.ac.uk/space

Find out how spacecraft fly in Dr Graham Swinerd's new book - 'How spacecraft fly: spaceflight without formulae'. He is one of the space experts at Southampton who carried out this satellite simulation.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• satellite collision
• rocket science
• space debris
• iridium
• cosmos
• nasa
• esa