planesawesome: September 13, 1985, the first time a satellite was destroyed by an aircraft. A modifi
planesawesome: September 13, 1985, the first time a satellite was destroyed by an aircraft. A modified F-15A zoom-climbed to 35,000 feet and fired an ASAT missile to destroy an obsolete satellite over the Pacific Missile Test Range. This was dubbed the “Celestial Eagle Flight”. -- source link