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Anti-satellite weapon test?, Is this true?
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post Jan 19 2007, 02:39 PM
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According to this link, China fired a missile to destroy an orbiting weather satellite last week: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Tras...e_Test_999.html

I am curios about what kind of projectile could be used? A "smart" one with on board guidance system or just a dumb one? How close did the "killer satellite" came to the target?

Does anybody have an idea?
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- Thu   Anti-satellite weapon test?   Jan 19 2007, 02:39 PM
- - climber   QUOTE (Thu @ Jan 19 2007, 03:39 PM) Accor...   Jan 19 2007, 03:06 PM
- - Lorne Ipsum   Nobody really knows the details, but most reports ...   Jan 19 2007, 06:51 PM
- - nprev   Anybody know what the inclination of the target sa...   Jan 20 2007, 01:59 AM
|- - OWW   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 20 2007, 02:59 AM) I g...   Jan 20 2007, 12:12 PM
- - Thu   Thank you all for your information. Still no offic...   Jan 22 2007, 04:42 PM
- - djellison   Very very close to becoming a political thread her...   Jan 22 2007, 04:53 PM
|- - Chmee   The US did develop an anti-satellite weapon back i...   Jan 22 2007, 05:55 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Chmee @ Jan 22 2007, 05:55 PM) lik...   Jan 22 2007, 06:29 PM
- - tty   Actually a satellite in LEO is not a particularly ...   Jan 22 2007, 07:34 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (tty @ Jan 22 2007, 07:34 PM) It wo...   Jan 22 2007, 08:18 PM
|- - helvick   So with a bit of luck they might now consider that...   Jan 22 2007, 08:46 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 22 2007, 09:46 PM) (...   Jan 23 2007, 08:55 AM
||- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (climber @ Jan 23 2007, 08:55 AM) M...   Jan 23 2007, 11:42 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 22 2007, 08:46 PM) (...   Jan 23 2007, 11:31 AM
- - djellison   Just thinking in terms of 'impact window' ...   Jan 22 2007, 09:01 PM
|- - helvick   Your calculations are only valid for an orthogonal...   Jan 22 2007, 09:24 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 22 2007, 10:01 PM)...   Jan 23 2007, 07:32 AM
- - djellison   You don't need fusing - this was a kinetic imp...   Jan 23 2007, 08:47 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 23 2007, 08:47 AM)...   Jan 23 2007, 11:11 AM
- - mchan   There was an article quoting unamed sources that t...   Jan 24 2007, 04:39 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (mchan @ Jan 24 2007, 04:39 AM) The...   Jan 24 2007, 12:11 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 24 2007, 01:11 PM) ...   Jan 24 2007, 07:46 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (tty @ Jan 24 2007, 07:46 PM) The n...   Jan 24 2007, 09:14 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 24 2007, 10:14 PM) ...   Jan 25 2007, 07:07 AM
- - climber   Interesting article on this topic on Aviation Week...   Jan 24 2007, 03:56 PM
- - Thu   Finally, we have an official announcement from Chi...   Jan 25 2007, 01:07 AM
- - CosmicRocker   I rarely stray into this section of the Forum, and...   Jan 25 2007, 06:13 AM
- - nprev   Just to put a bit of (hopefully) UMSF-related spin...   Jan 26 2007, 02:35 AM

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