Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, the department is not aware of this. The Member is correct, back in 1978 the Cosmos 954 Russian satellite came out of orbit and parts of the satellite landed in barren lands of the Thelon game sanctuary. An extensive military clean up started, and they completed the clean up of the site. Debris was found. The military used advanced technology to find and locate any material in that particular area. If there is anything left which was undetected, my department is quite satisfied that it would be very small. To our knowledge, no one has found pieces of the satellite. Thank you.
Titus Allooloo on Question 542-12(3): Crash Of Soviet Research Satellite
In the Legislative Assembly on March 19th, 1993. See this statement in context.
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Question 542-12(3): Crash Of Soviet Research Satellite
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 18th, 1993
Page 1034
Titus Allooloo Amittuq
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