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Old 19-02-2008, 06:08 AM
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Australia prepares for falling satellite

"...The US military has said it hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week - just before it enters Earth's atmosphere - with a single missile fired from a US Navy cruiser in the northern Pacific Ocean.
The US has told Australia and a handful of other nations to be on standby for falling debris from the highly classified satellite, because there is a minute possibility of the strike misfiring and debris falling on land rather than water..."
http://news.smh.com.au/australia-pre...0218-1sse.html

Here is the orbit data.
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdi...sp?satid=29651
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