F 15 Satellite Shot Down

Began to develop anti satellite aircrafts to combat russia s vast space expansion.

F 15 satellite shot down. The test of the anti satellite asat was considered a huge success. Bilal waqar july 23 2020 0. On september 13 1985 during a mission dubbed the celestial eagle flight major wilbert doug pearson pushed the pickle button in the cockpit of his f 15a and launched an asm 135a at a real. That time usaf f 15 eagle fighter aircraft shot down a satellite using air launched anti satellite multistage missile march 18 2018 space 12 034 views in the midst of the cold war the u s.

Captain pearson s father retired maj. Made history by becoming the first and only pilot to shoot down a satellite. In 1985 a f 15a eagle fitted with a classified missile shot down an aging weather satellite. More than 22 years ago on sept.

This f 15 footage from 1985 is the first time they succeeded. Gen wilbert doug pearson became the first pilot ever to shoot down a satellite when an asm 135 asat. In recent years its growth has boomed again and the u s russia and china are. He did so by flying an f 15a straight up and letting a loose a.

Missile was fired towards an orbiting satellite. Doug pearson flew the exact same f 15 22 years prior while accomplishing the first successful satellite kill by an aircraft launched missile in history. Wilbert doug pearson jr.