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Operation Burnt Frost was a military operation to intercept and destroy non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite USA-193. [1] The mission was described by the Missile Defense Agency as a "mission of safeguarding human life against the uncontrolled re-entry of a 5,000-pound satellite containing over 1,000 pounds of hazardous hydrazine propellant". [2]
The predicted time for the satellite entering the Earth’s atmosphere was originally 3.49pm GMT (10.49 EST) on Wednesday, however it remained orbiting the planet for up to an hour.
Schematic of the Kosmos-954 on-board reactor. Kosmos 954 (Russian: Космос 954) was a reconnaissance satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1977. A malfunction prevented safe separation of its onboard nuclear reactor; when the satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere the following year, it scattered radioactive debris over northern Canada, some of the debris landing in the Great ...
An investigation is under way, but there is no initial indication of sabotage or other interference.
The National Reconnaissance Office logo. This is a list of NRO Launch (NROL) designations for satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.Those missions are generally classified, so that their exact purposes and orbital elements are not published.
General Glen VanHerck, Commander of US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, arrives for a closed-door briefing for senators about the Chinese spy balloon at the US ...
Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat.It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China.
The Chinese balloon that sparked panic when it flew over the US two years ago was, as long suspected, set up to spy on Americans — but surprisingly with US-made technology, according to a new ...