That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.

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"Obviously, people at a shooting range fire guns, " Cipparone told NPR several days before the trial was scheduled to begin.

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The ITV is also an important component of the Expeditionary Fire Support System, which allows a mobile mortar system to provide long-range indirect fire support to infantry forces as part of the Marine Corps' "Ship to Objective Maneuver" doctrine.

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Astrium's plan to tackle defunct satellites is to use an unmanned chase spacecraft to get in range, fire a barbed harpoon into the body of the rogue hardware and then use a smaller propulsion unit attached to a tether to tow it back towards the atmosphere where it will burn up safely on re-entry.

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