Asteroid 2012 DA14: Will It Smash a Satellite?

If your satellite TV goes out on Friday, can you blame it on an asteroid? Highly unlikely, say scientists monitoring the approach of asteroid 2012 DA14, which will zoom closer to Earth on Friday than any other known object of its size. The celestial visitor, which is almost as wide as the length of an Olympic-sized swimming pool, is due to pass as close as 17,100 miles at 2:24 p.m. EST (7:24 p.m. GMT) on Friday. That's closer than the television and communications satellites which circle the planet some 500 miles higher. More

(Source: Discovery News - Feb 14)