active communications satellite
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Back in 2009 a smashup between an active communications satellite and the long-dead Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite created nearly 2,000 pieces of space junk, most of which still orbits our planet today.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2022
The threat was starkly demonstrated in 2009 when an active communications satellite operated by the US company Iridium and a defunct Soviet-era military communications satellite were obliterated when they collided in orbit.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
