`` Collisions happen all the time , everywhere . The collision has rendered the Chinese satellite , used to reflect laser beams , unusable . The debris is left over from a January 22 Russian missile launch on their own weather satellite . The collision happened 2007 but was only discovered January 22 . The incident highlights the problem of collisions involving space debris .
The collision has rendered the Chinese satellite , used to reflect laser beams , unusable . The debris is left over from a January 22 Russian missile launch on their own weather satellite . The collision happened 2007 but was only discovered January 22 . The incident highlights the problem of collisions involving space debris .