U.S. to Attempt to Shoot Down Faulty Satellite
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Military officially laid out a plan to shoot down a spy satellite before it tumbles to Earth carrying toxic fuel.
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The looming U.S. Navy attempt to shoot down a dying satellite could demonstrate an anti-satellite capability for its missile defense system.
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The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a disabled spy satellite expected to hit the earth in March, officials told The Associated Press.
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The United States is set to test key   parts of its emerging antimissile shield over the Pacific on   Thursday, officially to collect data, but with the possibility   that a target dummy warhead will be shot down.
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The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military and...
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The U.S. military does not  anticipate trying to shoot apart a defunct spy satellite on  Wednesday due to rough seas in the Pacific Ocean, a senior  military official said.
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A disabled U.S. spy satellite is  likely to break into small pieces when it falls to Earth within  weeks, posing little danger to humans, U.S. government  officials and space experts said on Monday.
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The US space agency, NASA, launched a satellite Saturday that scientists hope will help them locate the sources of mysterious gamma ray explosions, the
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The State Department sent cables to all embassies yesterday instructing diplomats to explain to foreign governments how the upcoming attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite is different from China's destruction of one of its orbiting satellites early last year.
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The military's attempt to shoot down a wayward U.S. spy satellite as it falls toward Earth could happen as early as Wednesday night, but no final decision on timing has been made, officials said.
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The U.S. Navy is unlikely to try to shoot apart an errant satellite on Wednesday due to rough seas in the Pacific, a senior U.S. military official said.
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A dead U.S. spy satellite in a deteriorating orbit is expected to hit the Earth the first week of March, officials said Thursday.
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The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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A U.S. intelligence satellite has lost power and could fall to Earth sometime in February or March, a government official said on Saturday.
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A Navy heat-seeking missile is getting its first real-world use in an attempt to demolish a crippled U.S. spy satellite before the orbiting craft falls back to Earth.
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President George W. Bush has directed the military to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite with a missile from a US warship, a senior White House official said.
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The United States scuttled on Friday a key test of an emerging ballistic missile-defense shield after a dummy missile that was to have been the system's target went astray over the Pacific.