Keywords: SM-3 ignition for a satellite destruction mission.jpg 080220-N-XXXXX-025 PACIFIC OCEAN Feb 20 2008 At a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 SM-3 launches from the U S Navy AEGIS cruiser USS Lake Erie CG 70 successfully impacting a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite approximately 247 kilometers 133 nautical miles over the Pacific Ocean as it traveled in space at more than 17 000 mph http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 55402 080220-N-XXXXX-025 2008-02-20 author US-Navy picture PD-USGov-Military-Navy Launches of RIM-161 Standard SM-3 Aboard USS Lake Erie CG-70 NROL-21 Taken with Canon EOS-1D Mark II N Missile launches by night |