The U.S. military successfully destroyed a malfunctioning satellite using a missile to prevent the bus-size hunk of metal from leaking highly hazardous fuel into the atmosphere as it falls to Earth.

Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy
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The U.S. military successfully destroyed a malfunctioning satellite using a missile to prevent the bus-size hunk of metal from leaking highly hazardous fuel into the atmosphere as it falls to Earth.

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