Take that, rogue satellite
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The Pentagon says an attempt to shoot down a wayward satellite was a success. President Bush had ordered the Navy missile strike to keep fuel on the dead spy satellite from falling to Earth.
Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images
The United States shoots down a defunct spy satellite. Or, as officials put it, the "kill vehicle" successfully collided with the "target" at a combined speed of 22,000 mph about 130 miles above Earth's surface.
Host Mary Lucia and reporter Nikki Tundel discuss just why one would want to shoot down a satellite and ponder just how much other space junk is still up there in orbit.
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