US plans to shoot down broken satellite
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President Bush decided to make a first-of-its-kind attempt to use a missile to bring down a broken U.S. spy satellite because of the potential danger to people from its rocket fuel, officials said Thursday.
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A US firm is proposing to use guided missile technology to make an automated, precision landing on the Moon.
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The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday.
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Navy will try an unprecedented shoot-down of an out-of-control satellite expected to crash to Earth.
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The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.
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Russia's Defence Ministry said on  Saturday a U.S. plan to shoot down an ailing spy satellite  could be used as a cover to test a new space weapon.
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Bush asks military to come up with plan to destroy satellite expected to crash to Earth in March.
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The United States pledged on Friday to  compensate countries if debris lands on their territory from a  dying U.S. spy satellite that the Pentagon plans to shoot down.
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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 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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Military opt to act... now crash imminent over US soil The US military is putting into effect contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could actually hit North America.â¦
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The weapon that the Pentagon wants to use to shoot down a failing satellite is well-tested.  But its one weakness could pose a problem, as the military tries to take that satellite out.
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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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Military plans to shoot down a damaged U.S. spy satellite carrying toxic fuel will not concern the crew aboard the international space station, commander Peggy Whitson said Saturday.
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An attempt to blast a crippled U.S. spy satellite out of the sky using a Navy heat-seeking missile Â possibly on Wednesday night Â would be the first real-world use of this piece of the Pentagon's missile defense network. But that is not the mission for which it was intended.
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The US military may have to delay its shootdown of an out-of-control spy satellite planned for Wednesday due to bad weather, a senior military official said.
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US Navy books vast Pacific firing area five days running The American military has issued further warning notices to aircraft and shipping in the Pacific, offering further opportunities for US warships to destroy a malfunctioning secret spy satellite before it descends to Earth. Meanwhile, NASA has cleared the space shuttle Atlantis to land as scheduled in Florida this afternoon, allowing the first satellite shot to be attempted above the Pacific in the early hours of tomorrow morning (UK time).â¦