Response team formed to recover satellite debris
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Updated Thu. Feb. 21 2008 9:01 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
No matter where the satellite debris lands, Operation Burnt Frost won't be far behind.
That's the name the U.S. army has given the quick response team tasked with cleaning up the pieces of the errant satellite shot down on Wednesday. Made up of military and civilian personnel from at least 15 government agencies, the group is on standby to travel anywhere pieces of the bus-sized satellite may have fallen. Of particular concern is its 500 kilogram fuel tank filled with toxic hydrazine.
The team, comprised of members from the Air Force, Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency, has hazardous material suits at the ready to guard them against hydrazine on the ground or in the air. They would wear breathing apparatuses to protect their lungs from the fumes and use absorbent material similar to kitty litter to soak it up if it were to leak.
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Updated Thu. Feb. 21 2008 9:01 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
No matter where the satellite debris lands, Operation Burnt Frost won't be far behind.
That's the name the U.S. army has given the quick response team tasked with cleaning up the pieces of the errant satellite shot down on Wednesday. Made up of military and civilian personnel from at least 15 government agencies, the group is on standby to travel anywhere pieces of the bus-sized satellite may have fallen. Of particular concern is its 500 kilogram fuel tank filled with toxic hydrazine.
The team, comprised of members from the Air Force, Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency, has hazardous material suits at the ready to guard them against hydrazine on the ground or in the air. They would wear breathing apparatuses to protect their lungs from the fumes and use absorbent material similar to kitty litter to soak it up if it were to leak.
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