Asteroid near-miss reported by Russian scientists

Asteroid near-miss reported by Russian scientists rt.today.com

A 15-meter asteroid, similar to the object that exploded above Russia in February, moving at a speed of 16km per second, was detected hours before it narrowly missed Earth over the weekend, according to Russian scientists.

"[The asteroid] was discovered on Friday night by our station near Lake Baikal and nine hours later it flew within 11,300km of the Earth’s surface, below the orbit of geostationary satellites. It was about 15 meters in size,” Vladimir Lipunov of the Moscow State University and the Sternberg Astronomical Institute indicated. ...

http://rt.com/news/asteroid-russia-near-earth-530/

Sure am glad the USAF Space Fence was shut off 01SEP2013, one month earlier than scheduled due to budget constraints. so we dont have to deal with these! 
http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/36767us-air-force-space-fence-shutdown-to-save-14-million-annually

And I hope the coming Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Space Fence is well funded-http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/36887us-air-force-sets-march-2014-target-for-space-fence-award


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2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

U.S. Air Force / Lockheed Martin Space Fence Going Online 2012

U.S. Air Force / Lockheed Martin Space Fence Going Online 2012

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MOORESTOWN, N.J., March 8, 2012 – A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force’s Space Fence program one step closer to revolutionizing our nation’s space situational awareness.

Utilizing powerful, new ground-based radars, Space Fence will enhance the way the U.S. detects, tracks, measures and catalogs orbiting objects and space debris with improved accuracy, better timeliness and increased surveillance coverage. Lockheed Martin’s prototype radar recently met a key contract requirement during a series of demonstration events by proving it could detect these resident space objects, as they are referred to by the Air Force. ...(more)

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2012/march/0306-ms2-space-fence-radar-prototype-tracking-orbiting-objects.html 

2012 THE Year of Meteors!