Russian military satellite has fiery re-entry over Atlantic

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says one of its early warning satellites has been taken safely out of orbit.
The military’s aerospace forces said in a statement Thursday that the Kosmos 2430 satellite burned in the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean during a pre-planned re-entry on Saturday. The statement said aerospace forces controlled the satellite’s descent.
It said the satellite was launched in 2007 as part of the early warning system that monitors for launches of balli