Last February a U.S. cruiser successfully shot down a damaged U.S. military spy satellite hurtling toward Earth.

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Israel's last spy satellite, TecSar, was launched from India in 2008.

BBC: Israel launches Ofek 9 spy satellite

It was the presence of a large quantity of toxic propellants on the returning spy satellite USA-193 that the American government used to justify its decision to shoot down the spacecraft with a missile in 2008.

BBC: Stricken Mars probe stays silent

Working around the clock for six weeks, sifting through thousands of agent reports, spy-satellite photos and signal intercepts, the task force finally pinpointed the 31-year-old Saudi-born Palestinian in a villa near Faisalabad, Pakistan.

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With the success of TES, the ISRO Satellite Centre in Bangalore will embark on manufacturing operational remote sensing satellites that can double as spy satellites.

BBC: India's spy satellite boost