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  • Satellite debris deemed unhazardous (appears to be too small to cause damage on Earth)

    02/21/2008 9:39:02 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 27 replies · 80+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/21/08 | Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor - ap
    WASHINGTON - Debris from an obliterated U.S. spy satellite is being tracked over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans but appears to be too small to cause damage on Earth, a senior military officer said Thursday, just hours after a Navy missile scored a direct hit on the failing spacecraft. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an expert on military space technologies, told a Pentagon news conference that officials have a "high degree of confidence" that the missile launched from a Navy cruiser Wednesday night hit exactly where intended. It was an unprecedented mission...