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U.S. Navy Destroys Crippled Spy Satellite

An AP newswire article by Robert Burns, via MSNBC, reports that:

The Defense Department shot down a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite, using a high-tech missile fired from a ship in the Pacific.

The timing was tricky. For the best chance to succeed, the military awaited a combination of favorable factors: steady seas around the Navy cruiser that would fire the missile, optimum positioning of the satellite as it passed in polar orbit and the readiness of an array of space- and ground-based sensors to help cue the missile and track the results.

posted by Fergie @ 2/20/2008 08:05:00 PM