28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
...a low earth orbit satellite in space. Codenamed “Mission Shakti,” the test now means that India has become the...decayed out of orbit within a year. The target destroyed in India’s Mission Shakti was at an altitude comparably to that of the US test, so ...
03 May 2019
Debris from India's ASAT test worse than predicted
At the end of March this year, India carried out an unexpected anti-satellite missile test by successfully obliterating a low earth orbit target in space. The test however received widespread global criticism, as although the space-faring nation ...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... of trackable debris were added to LEO. Most recently, on 27 March 2019, India conducted an ASAT test (known as Mission Shakti) on a 740 kg Earth observation satellite called Microsat-R, which added at least 400 new sizable debris objects to the...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...-generational equity. An anti-satellite missile lifting off on 27 March 2019 from Abdul Kalam Island as part of Mission Shakti. National interests This increasingly competitive and anarchic environment threatens to erode the rule of law governing the...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...within reach, India conducted the first test of the weapon system, under the aegis of a project codenamed Mission Shakti. Recent attempts Some countries have introduced national legislation leading to the implementation of the IADC guidelines through...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... interceptor missile derived from the Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme in an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test ‘Mission Shakti’ engaging an Indian orbiting target satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) in a ‘Hit to Kill’ mode on 27 March 2019...
