▁solar ▁pan els ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁also ▁attributed ▁to ▁an ▁M MO D ▁strike . ▁On ▁May ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁GO ES - 1 3 ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁an ▁M MO D ▁which ▁caused ▁it ▁to ▁lose ▁track ▁of ▁the ▁stars ▁that ▁it ▁used ▁to ▁maintain ▁an ▁oper ational ▁attitude . ▁It ▁took ▁nearly ▁a ▁month ▁for ▁the ▁space craft ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁operation . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁major ▁satellite ▁collision ▁occurred ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁The ▁ ▁der el ict ▁satellite ▁Kos mos ▁ 2 2 5 1 ▁and ▁the ▁oper ational ▁ ▁I rid ium ▁ 3 3 ▁coll ided , ▁ ▁over ▁northern ▁Si ber ia . ▁The ▁relative ▁speed ▁of ▁impact ▁was ▁about ▁, ▁or ▁about ▁. ▁Both ▁sat ell ites ▁were ▁destroyed , ▁creating ▁thousands ▁of ▁pieces ▁of ▁new ▁smaller ▁de br is , ▁with ▁legal ▁and ▁political ▁li ability ▁issues ▁un resol ved ▁even ▁years ▁later . ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁B L IT S ▁( a ▁Russian ▁las er - r anging ▁satellite ) ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁de br is ▁sus pected ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Chinese ▁anti - s at ellite ▁miss ile ▁test , ▁changing ▁both ▁its ▁orbit ▁and ▁rotation ▁rate . ▁ ▁Sat ell ites ▁sometimes ▁perform ▁Coll ision ▁A void ance ▁M ane u vers ▁and ▁satellite ▁operators ▁may ▁monitor ▁space ▁de br is ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁man