One wasn't really anyone's fault: a random collision in 2009 between a long-defunct Russian military spacecraft and an Iridium commercial communications satellite.

一件事实上不是任何人的错：2009年发生在一架长期废弃的俄罗斯军用航天器和一颗铱星商用通讯卫星之间的一次随机碰撞。

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Russia has more than 100 satellites in orbit. Two-thirds of them are military or dual-purpose spacecraft, RIA Novosti said.

根据俄新社报道，俄罗斯拥有超过一百颗人造卫星，其中的三分之二是军用或者多用途航天器。

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Many countries in order to demonstrate its technological and military strength, frequently launching all kinds of spacecraft, satellites.

许多国家为了显示其科技和军事实力，频繁地发射各种飞船、卫星。

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It would use one of several dependable military rockets to launch a small, one-man spacecraft.

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Among those items reportedly slated for decontrol are sensors capable of testing missile silos, high-speed microprocessors with a wide variety of applications for military systems, solid and liquid rocket motors and spacecraft, advanced lasers, electronic navigation equipment, and sophisticated machine tools.

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In the end the NSA became the primary owner, the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) owned and built the spacecraft that collected the intelligence and the military branches had organizations (Air Force Security Services, Army Security Agency or Naval Security Group) that manned the collection platforms (airplanes, listening posts, etc) which all fed back into the National Security Agency.

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