It's getting crowded up there...

[PM-Junkie]

...I think it's aliens

[ace00]

Actually it could have been a killer satellite test by the Ruskis. It's not beyond reason to think so. It wouldn't be the first time...............

[landl]

Well.................

....how long before the conspiracy theories start coming out?

....if you were a nation looking to conduct nefarious activities in Siberia that you might not want other nations to see, what better way of preventing spy satellites could there be than filling the space above with chaff.......

......personally, I blame the bankers. It's probably where they've hidden all the money.....

[Codejock]

Global Warming

Well there's your answer!

Lots of bits of shiny metal hurtling round the earth trapping in all that heat!

Alternatively, who thinks I could get a UN grant for researching the effect of global warming on orbitting satellites and the increased risk of collisions?

Let Bill launch his fleet and watch the fireworks begin!!

[NetwkSupport]

US spy sattelite shot down by Russian sattelite over siberia

[PM-Junkie]

....how long before the conspiracy theories start coming out?

[Cliphead]

Those Iridium satellites are a waste of (aero)space anyway. Floating around with the Galileo satellite doing nowt.

They make a nice flare which you can see in daylight.

[ace00]

Those Iridium satellites are a waste of (aero)space anyway. Floating around with the Galileo satellite doing nowt.

[zeitghost]

Have we done this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7885051.stm

Oh dear.

Instead of two lumps to track, now there's thousands... and it'll take a while before the bits decay...