U.S. Officials Say Broken Satellite Will Be Shot Down
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The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled 5,000-pound spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere in early March, a Pentagon official said.
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Despite cautionary notes from space security veterans, the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March.
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The Pentagon is planning to fire a missile at a rogue spy satellite that was due to fall to earth early next month
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In the next week or so, the U.S. military is going to try to take out a malfunctioning spy satellite before it crashes to Earth -- and maybe releases a toxic gas in the process.
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The U.S. Navy could shoot down an errant spy satellite as early as Wednesday night. Now a new computer model shows what might happen.
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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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Space-watchers figure out where the Navy will try to shoot down a dying satellite -- and where the debris cloud is likely to go afterwards.
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The US may try to shoot down a falling spy satellite as early as Thursday, before it enters Earth's atmosphere.
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The nation's storm forecasters are badly divided over claims that an aging satellite leaves America vulnerable
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The decision is likely to set up a fresh confrontation with Congress over the fate of the orbiting observatory, sources say.
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An out-of-control US spy satellite is expected to crash to Earth in late February or early March, the Pentagon said Monday without specifying where it might land.
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The order to destroy a disabled satellite before it falls from orbit carries opportunity, but also potential embarrassment, for the advocates of a missile defense program.
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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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Navy will try an unprecedented shoot-down of an out-of-control satellite expected to crash to Earth.
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President Bush, acting on the advice of his national security advisers, has decided to attempt to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite that is expected to crash to Earth early next month, a spokesman for the National Security Council said today.
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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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Could contain hazardous materials: just like The Andromeda Strain A large US spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials have said.â¦