Network New Satellites Collide Over Iraq

The Onion ^ | April 1, 2003 | News in Brief

[UnklGene]

AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ—In an accident air-and-space-traffic controllers called "inevitable," a CNN satellite collided with an MSNBC satellite over southern Iraq Monday. "Frankly, it's a miracle something like this didn't happen sooner," said Ian Graham of BBC One. "Right now, there are roughly 950 network news satellites crammed into a 125-cubic-mile area of space above Iraq, with more being launched every day." Less than an hour after the crash, an MTV News satellite grazed an Oxygen satellite, temporarily cutting off Oxygen News reporter Lisa Hood's live report on a firefight between U.S. and Iraqi forces near Basra.

[ThreePuttinDude]

an MTV News satellite grazed an Oxygen satellite


Now isn't that 2 of the most useless uses for satellites
MTV News and Oxygen....What the heck are they going to report....sheeesssshh

[Textide]

Like this story as well....

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[GATOR NAVY]

The Onion

[SauronOfMordor]

Dude, it's an April 1st gag from "The Onion"

[OperationFreedom]

dude! it's the Unyun.

[OperationFreedom]

Why?! Look... we both started out with "dude" What a hoot! LOL Great minds huh???

[lawdude]

"... satellites crammed into a 125-cubic-mile area of space above Iraq, ..."


In the first place, TV satellites are over the equator, not Iraq. In the second, this is a troll. But a funny one.

[Uncle George]

Is the ONION owned by the GARLIC PRESS???

[Jorge]

CNN satellite collided with an MSNBC satellite over southern Iraq Monday.

Space Junk Alert.

[demosthenes the elder]

ohhhh BOOO! HSSSssss! Bad bad bad...
will someone please take the foul taste from my mouth?

[Yankee]

Funny stuff.

Though, where's the part about the debris falling and causing civilian casualties?