Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PRAGUE101
2009-02-20 14:14:00
SECRET
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO COLLISION OF
VZCZCXYZ0003 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPG #0101 0511414 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 201414Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY PRAGUE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1149 INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0792 RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
S E C R E T PRAGUE 000101
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/21/2019
TAGS: TSPA TPSL EZ RU
SUBJECT: CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO COLLISION OF
U.S. IRIDIUM AND RUSSIAN COSMOS SATELLITES IN ORBIT
REF: SECSTATE 12948
Classified By: Political/Economic Counselor Charles O. Blaha for reason
s 1.4 (b) & (d).
(S) Political Officer delivered the reftel demarche points on
February 17 to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, the Czech MFA's
Director of Security Policy. She appreciated receiving the
information, but was already well aware of the situation via
press reports. She mentioned that it was very important that
Russia and the U.S. are in close contact over what happened
between these two satellites and any impact that the
resulting debris may have on other orbiting objects.
Thompson-Jones
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/21/2019
TAGS: TSPA TPSL EZ RU
SUBJECT: CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO COLLISION OF
U.S. IRIDIUM AND RUSSIAN COSMOS SATELLITES IN ORBIT
REF: SECSTATE 12948
Classified By: Political/Economic Counselor Charles O. Blaha for reason
s 1.4 (b) & (d).
(S) Political Officer delivered the reftel demarche points on
February 17 to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, the Czech MFA's
Director of Security Policy. She appreciated receiving the
information, but was already well aware of the situation via
press reports. She mentioned that it was very important that
Russia and the U.S. are in close contact over what happened
between these two satellites and any impact that the
resulting debris may have on other orbiting objects.
Thompson-Jones