ONE SHOT, ONE KILL:
U.S. Navy Missile Strikes Down Dead Satellite
Today the Pentagon released a statement confirming a direct hit to the defunct spy satellite that was in danger of crashing into Earth, possibly injuring people with it's dangerous fuel. The satellie was 130 miles above the Earth at the time of impact. Relatively, the moon is in orbit 238,000 miles from Earth. International Space Station is 220 miles from Earth. A fireball was seen from the space observatory indicating that the dangerous fuel cell was hit. Most satellites that fall to Earth have no fuel left, but in this instance mechanical failure was to blame for the loss of power. This broken satellite has been falling back to Earth with a full fuel tank since 2006.
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