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Ørsted steers clear of collision The remains of a Russian communication satellite did not collide with Danish satellite Ørsted on Thursday, 4 February 2010. Ørsted will now continue its space adventure.The remains of the Russian satellite and Ørsted were estimated to pass each other within an estimated distance of 400-500 meters at 10:49 AM Thursday morning, which is very little in this connection. Terma managed the development of the complete mission and operations of the micro-satellite system. Terma designed the spacecraft with its highly specialized boom structure to facilitate the measurements with extremely sensitive magnetic instruments, as well as the ground control structure to operate the satellite in its orbit. Already in its first year, the mission produced data of such volume and quality that the International Geomagnetic Reference Model for 2000 to 2004 was based on this data. The Ørsted satellite is a significant technical achievement - the satellite has been awarded an honorable fourth place by the Danish Society of Engineers in the competition for "The 20th century's greatest Danish technical achievement". Further information about the Ørsted satellite is available here: Ørsted managed by Terma Electronic Systems — Ørsted Ørsted on-board software The Ørsted satellite - ten years in space |