Re: Navy Shoots Down Wayward Satellite, Toxic Fuel Tank Probably Destroyed

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

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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