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United States Destroys Falling Satellite to Prevent Risk of Injury on Earth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 646 - 647
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References

1 Warren, E. Leary, Satellite Shooting Is Next as Shuttle Heads Home , N.Y. Times, Feb. 19, 2008, at A16Google Scholar; Thorn, Shanker, U.S. Missile Strikes Spy Satellite Falling from Its Orbit , N.Y. Times, Feb. 21, 2008, at A15Google Scholar; U.S. Dep’t of Defense News Release No. 0139–08, DOD Succeeds in Intercepting Non-functioning Satellite (Feb. 20, 2008), at <http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11704>..>Google Scholar

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3 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Oct. 10, 1967, 18 UST 2410, 610 UNTS 205. A State Department background note on the Outer Space Treaty is at <http://www.state.gOv/t/ac/trt/5181.htm>.

4 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, Mar. 29, 1972, 24 UST 2389, 961 UNTS 187.

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