Dead Russian Satellite, NASA TIMED Spacecraft Narrowly Avoid Collision

Two satellites nearly collided in space on Wednesday in a harrowing encounter that LeoLabs, a satellite tracking company, called “too close for comfort.”NASA’s Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite passed by Russia’s inoperative Cosmos 2221 spacecraft at a distance of less than 65 feet. That’s shorter than the length of a tennis court.Both of these…