Navy Succeeds In Intercepting Non-Functioning Satellite
At approximately 10:26 p.m. EST, Feb. 20, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) hitting the non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite approximately 133 nautical miles over the Pacific Ocean.
USS Decatur (DDG-73) and USS Russell (DDG-59) were also part of the task force.
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