MOSCOW, Russia (CNN)-- Two satellites, one Russian and one American, have collided some 800 kilometers (500 miles) above Siberia, the Russian and U.S. space agencies, said Thursday. The collision ...

Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites ... collided with one another in orbit. In 2009, Iridium 33, a U.S. communications satellite, and Kosmos-2251, a defunct Russian ...

Major past incidents such as the collision between an US and a Russian satellite in the year 2009 have created thousands of pieces of hazardous debris, asserted Business Insider. Although most ...