China missile-test debris ups risk of satellite damage

Scientists have concluded that a Chinese missile test in January that smashed an aging weather satellite was the messiest space event ever, adding more than 1,500 big scraps of debris to a junkyard that's orbiting the Earth. They said it may only be a matter of time before a weather, communications or other satellite - or the manned International Space Station - slams into space rubbish. More

(Source: MercuryNews.com - Apr 1)