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The Morning Star was a satellite weapon developed by Khan Noonien Singh.
It was a weapon of mass destruction that caused damage by manipulating Earth's Van Allen belt, thus destroying the Ozone layer.
The destruction of the satellite was a contributing factor in the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines in the summer of 1991. (ST - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2)
