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Published online 19 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070115-14
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Satellite kill creates space hazard
News@nature.com finds out how China's destruction of its own satellite could cause future damage.
What has China done?
According to US sources, China tested an anti-satellite weapon on 11 January. The weapon is said to have struck and destroyed the Feng Yun 1C, an obsolete weather satellite launched by the Chinese government in 1999.
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