[meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite

[Chris Peterson]

I don't think we have any technology capable of "shooting down" a 
satellite. What I guess they'll do is turn it into a debris cloud, and 
the individual components will separately decay and burn up over the 
next few months (or years).

More junk to dodge.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite


> Hi,
>
>    The large and unidentified experimental next-generation
> spy satellite, USA-193, that failed shortly after launch in
> December, 2006 and was expected to make an uncontrolled
> and destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere at the end
> of February, will be shot down while still in orbit, the AP
> announced about 20 minutes ago. A press conference at
> the Pentagon to confirm this is expected sometime this
> afternoon, they say.
>
> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7aoM2ii3QVBCAV8m2HtJSuPxPNwD8UQ7CEO0