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This Washington Post article presents the implications of the U.S. Navy shoot-down of a U.S. spy satellite in February, 2008 for space weapons and their control. A link is provided to a diagram of the satellite's track for the first two orbits after it was hit. A chart comparing the altitude of this intercept with the altitude of China's intercept of a satellite early in 2007 is also available.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6615">Washington Post Company. Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability. Washington: Washington Post Company, February 22, 2008.</a>
![]() (Washington Post Company, Washington, 2008), WWW Document, (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022100641.html).
![]() Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability (Washington Post Company, Washington, 2008), <https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022100641.html>.
![]() Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability. (2008, February 22). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Washington Post Company: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022100641.html
![]() Washington Post Company. Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability. Washington: Washington Post Company, February 22, 2008. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022100641.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
![]() Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability. Washington: Washington Post Company, 2008. 22 Feb. 2008. 1 May 2025 <https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022100641.html>.
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Title = {Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability},
Publisher = {Washington Post Company},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {February 22, 2008},
Year = {2008}
}
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