English: Anti-satellite launch. Maj. Wilbert "Doug" Pearson successfully launched an anti-satellite, or ASAT, ASM-135 missile from a highly modified F-15A Sept. 13, 1985 from Edwards Air Force Base over Pacific Missile Test Range, Calif. He scored a direct hit on a satellite orbiting 340 miles overhead. Official USAF photo by Paul Reynolds
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