The incident is thought to have involved a 12-year-old satellite belonging to the US company Iridium and a defunct Russian Cosmos satellite that was put into orbit in 1993.
这起事故是关于美国铱公司12年前发射的一颗卫星，以及俄罗斯1993年发射的已经失效的宇宙卫星。
Some of the blame can even be divvied up; last year an operational Iridium communications satellite collided with a spent Russian Cosmos spacecraft, spawning nearly 2,000 pieces of smaller debris.
其中有一部分责任甚至应当均摊，去年一颗运行中的铱星与一艘作废的俄罗斯宇宙飞行器相撞，增加了将近2000块小碎片。
Industry officials say Iridium has identified the Russian craft as a Cosmos series satellite launched in 1993, weighing more than a ton and including an onboard nuclear reactor.
业内人士说，铱星公司已经确定俄罗斯的卫星是1993年发射“宇宙”系列卫星之一，重量超过一吨，卫星上装有一个核反应堆。
But it would perform a similar function of support as robotic cars crawled up and down it, ferrying people and equipment to and from the satellite—whence they could depart into the cosmos.
但是，当机器人汽车在它上面往返于地球与卫星之间，运送人们和设备时，它将执行一个类似的支持功能，同时人们从卫星上可以出发遨游宇宙。
But it would perform a similar function of support as robotic cars crawled up and down it, ferrying people and equipment to and from the satellite—whence they could depart into the cosmos.
但是，当机器人汽车在它上面往返于地球与卫星之间，运送人们和设备时，它将执行一个类似的支持功能，同时人们从卫星上可以出发遨游宇宙。
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