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F15 Launching Satellites?

04/21/2014 4:28 PM

http://www.space.com/25549-boeing-fighter-jets-satellite-launches-darpa.html
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Re: F15 launching satellites?

04/21/2014 6:16 PM

Previously the F-15 was used to launch anti-satellite missles, in a mid-1908's test program. One missile was destroyed, then the testing was modified to aim at stars as a simulation of intercepting a satellite. ...Someone realized there was already enough debris floating around up there.

So it's not surprising that the F-15 could be used to launch satellites.

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Re: F15 Launching Satellites?

04/29/2014 12:51 PM

http://www.livescience.com/4832-satellite-22-years.html

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