in 2009, a defunct russian satellite crashed into one of iridium's. so how bad was the well, it co our satellite. >> reporter: the iridium disaster was a wake-up call for the space industry. >> there is estimated to be like 130 million tiny pieces smaller than the size of your thumb out there. and at 17,000 miles an hour, they can do damage. >> reporter: the litter in low earth orbit has become a constant danger to the international space station. in may, astronauts there discovered a hole in the station's giant robotic arm. fortunately, the arm still works, but it was a lucky strike this time. >> the air force, the space force are constantly monitoring the debris in low earth orbit. >> reporter: i spoke to astronauts victor glover and mike hopkins in whierpa n. ometim have t the station. sometimes we don't. so it is a constant something that we're always worrying about up here and something that we have to be mindful of. >> reporter: and if there is no time to move the space station? >> then you have to take shelter, get in basically your rescue vehi

in 2009 a d satellite crashnt of iridiums. how bad was the damage? completely took out our satellite. there is estimated to be 130 million tiny pieces, smaller than the size of your thum thumb out there. at 17,000 miles per hour, they can do damage. >> reporter: the litter has become a constant damage to the international space shuttle. in may, they discovered a hole in the station's giant robotic arm. fortunately, the arm still works. but it was a lucky strike, this time. >> the air force and space force are constantly monitoring the debris in lower orbit. >> reporter: i spoke to these two astronauts in april. >> sometimes we have to move the station, sometimes we don't. it is something we're always worrying about up here, and something we have to be mindful of. >> reporter: and if there is no time to move the space shuttle -- >> then you have to take shelter. get in basically your rescue vehicle, and be prepared the station. >> reporter: peggy whitson has spent more time in space than any american. >> my second flight, i think we had to do one debr

and this actually plays into two other stocks, global sat or gsat and iridium because of low earth orbitthe new iphone 13, there's a rumor out there that this will connect to those satellites and if it does, you won't need 4g or 5g to make phone calls and/or to message. no confirmation of that, but it's driving the satellite companies much higher, brian, and apple trading through 151 right here i'm in that one. those are the october 180 calls and i'll probably be in those, brian, for about a month >> okay. those are some big names you weren't kidding about the big mets it's like 6 trillion market cap. >>> up next, brenda's new buy plus your final trades "halftime report" is back in two. commercial real estate exchange. you can close with more certainty. and twice as fast. if i could, i'd ten-x everything. like a coffee run... or fedora shopping. talk to your broker. ten-x does the same thing, - but with buildings. - so no more waiting. sfx: ding! see how easy...? don't just sell it. ten-x it. (vo) this is more than glass and steel... and stone. it's awe. beauty. the measure of progress.