Sent_en: 2zh If the two satellites hit head-on, rather than a glancing blow, the energy of the collision would completely disintegrate both satellites into clouds of debris, said the UCS in a statement on their website who also added that the collision took place in "the same region of space where China destroyed a defunct Chinese weather satellite with an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon" in 2007.
Sent_yy: “忧思科学家联盟”在其网站发表声明说：“如果这两颗卫星是迎头相撞，而不是侧面擦碰，那么撞击造成的能量可以将两颗卫星彻底分解为一团团的碎片云”。他们还指出，相撞发生的区域与2007年“中国用反卫星武器（ASAT）摧毁一颗中国的失效气象卫星的区域相同”。