Satellite Collision Adds to 'Space Junk' Problem - washingtonpost.com

Satellite 33442 orbits Earth every 91 minutes, circling at an inclination of 56.1 degrees to the equator and gradually slowing down, destined to fall into the atmosphere in late spring or summer and burn up. Aficionados of satellites know that 33442 is a tool bag. A spacewalking astronaut let it slip last year, adding one more tiny, artificial moon to the junk in low Earth orbit.

Satellite Collision Adds to 'Space Junk' Problem - washingtonpost.com