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Re: Navy Shoots Down Wayward Satellite, Toxic Fuel Tank Probably Destroyed
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:30:02 +0200 (EET)
Space.com's coverage with some pictures: http://www.space.com/news/080220-satellite-hit.html [added missing 'N' to the title field of post] Juha-Matti Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
Good work SM-3: "A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite and probably destroyed a tank carrying 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said." --clip-- "The USS Lake Erie, armed with an SM-3 missile designed to knock down incoming missiles not orbiting satellites launched the attack at 10:26 p.m. EST Wednesday (0326 GMT Thursday), according to the Pentagon. It hit the satellite about three minutes later as the spacecraft traveled in polar orbit at more than 17,000 mph." More at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331591,00.html
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