Spy satellite shootdown to cost up to $60 million
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The attempt by the U.S. Navy to use an anti-missile missile to shoot down a potentially hazardous satellite will cost between $40 million and $60 million, Pentagon officials told CNN on Friday.
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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 yesterday.
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A large U.S. spy satellite loses power and can no longer be controlled. Governmental officials say the satellite, which could contain hazardous materials, could hit the Earth in late February or early March.
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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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The United States military&#39;s new rocket program is $14.44 billion over budget and counting, raising questions about how long taxpayers can subsidize two of America&#39;s biggest
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The Justice Department has been  asked to investigate the leak of details of a secret spy  program which media reports say would involve spending $9.5  billion to build stealth spy satellites, government sources  said on Tuesday.
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Russia said Saturday that U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America's missile defense system.
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The Pentagon says it has to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite because of the threat of a toxic gas cloud. Space security experts are calling the rationale "comedic gold."
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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press has learned.
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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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NASA officials have confirmed Russian reports about an âouter-space swapâ worth an estimated $60 million or more. If approved by the US government, the deal could put off a looming
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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 an...
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Anything to stop it hitting eBay The US Navy will attempt to shoot down a malfunctioning American spy satellite before it falls to Earth, the Pentagon has confirmed. The plan has been approved by President George Bush, citing concern over toxic hydrazine fuel aboard the spacecraft. However, a top analyst has suggested the US is actually worried about secret technology winding up for sale on the web.â¦
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By israelinsider staff September 7, 2004. The loss yesterday of the Ofek-6 spy satellite, due to a malfunction in its Shavit rocket launcher, is expected to delay Israel&#39;s plans for more sophisticated surveillance
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Data storage tape company will pay $60 million in cash.
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A US warship is moving into position to try to shoot down a defunct US spy satellite as early as Wednesday before it tumbles into the Earth's atmosphere, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
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For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. And...