03 May 2019
Debris from India's ASAT test worse than predicted
... inclinations at these altitudes,” says Langbroek in his analysis. India’s ASAT test is not the first to provoke controversy. In 2007, China...known to have been hit by fragments from India’s ASAT test, data studied by AGI identifies 25 spacecraft ...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... and create a situation that encourages major space powers to accelerate their plans to develop retaliation capabilities. But ASAT tests represent only the more visible aspect of these trends. There are many other signs that...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... network, the largest in the world, routinely ‘loses’ satellites all of the time, as the figure on page 63 illustrates. ASATs Although it would seem advisable to limit the ability of adversaries to attack a nation’s space assets, a treaty banning all...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
...within three minutes of its launch,” said Modi. “The ASAT missile will give new strength to India’s space programme.... security,” he said. India has had the technical capability to develop ASAT weapons since 2012, but at the time, the then head of DRDO...
17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... could create additional orbital debris and to work with other countries towards solidifying an international ban on destructive ASAT testing.” Images of the debris have now been captured by Numerica Corp., a Colorado-based company provides tracking...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
...altitude of 865 km as part of China’s anti-satellite (ASAT) programme, adding about 3000 trackable debris objects and over ...to LEO. Most recently, on 27 March 2019, India conducted an ASAT test (known as Mission Shakti) on a 740 kg Earth observation ...
