Near miss/collision between two retired satellites?

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The problem here is the near miss distance could be within the length of the gravity gradient booms on the NRO satellite as you can see from this Tweet.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1221939151295197187

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222304111527374853

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[Grey Havoc]

Beat me to it with that video.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1222691732912869376

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222691732912869376

Randy Phelps‏ @RandyLPhelps 7h7 hours ago
Replying to [U]@[B]US_SpaceCom[/B][/U] [U]@[B]nycsouthpaw[/B][/U] [U]@[B]18SPCS[/B][/U]
Um, US Space Command can’t even get the acronym for the InfraRed Astronomy Satellite (IRAS not IRSA), a satellite whose data I used, correct.

 

[FighterJock]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1222691732912869376

Randy Phelps‏ @RandyLPhelps 7h7 hours ago
Replying to [U]@[B]US_SpaceCom[/B][/U] [U]@[B]nycsouthpaw[/B][/U] [U]@[B]18SPCS[/B][/U]
Um, US Space Command can’t even get the acronym for the InfraRed Astronomy Satellite (IRAS not IRSA), a satellite whose data I used, correct.

As Homer Simpson would say. Doh!

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1222702451951837185