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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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PARIS France says a satellite placed in orbit today gives it new abilities to spy worldwide. The Helios Two-A military satellite was launched from French Guiana and put in orbit along with six smaller scientific ones about an hour later.
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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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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 United States and the European  Union are close to signing an agreement that would allow their  satellite navigation systems to work together to provide more  accurate images and information.
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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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A US defense official said Thursday that the Pentagon plans to shoot down a malfunctioning US spy satellite before it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere next month.
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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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Russia says US plans to shoot down a broken spy satellite are a cover for testing an anti-satellite weapon.
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By Greg Autry  China recently shot down an aging Chinese weather satellite  --  a signal that China will not abide by the doctrine of U.S. space superiority outlined in the new National Space Policy released in October by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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A US nuclear monitor shows satellite images of an Iranian weapons facility which may be working on nuclear weapons.
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ROME, Sep 3 (IPS) - The use of satellite images earlier this year to  document human rights violations in Darfur has strengthened  interest in wider use of satellites for humanitarian purposes.
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MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax-AVN) - A military satellite of the Cosmos series has been placed into its designated orbit after being launched from the Plesetsk launch pad in the Arkhangelsk region on Thursday, Space Forces spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax- AVN.
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PPARC -- A new astronomical camera has begun operations on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii. The Wide Field Camera (WFCAM), built at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), Edinburgh
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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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Tucked into the Bush administration's space policy is a plan to take the global positioning system offline temporarily during a national emergency. The goal: preventing terrorists from using the navigational technology.
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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.