July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
The recent anti-satellite weapon test by India - in which that nation destroyed one of its own satellites and created additional orbital debris - is another unfortunate example of aggressive behaviour in outer space. Here, the author ...
16 December 2020
Russian anti-satellite missile test troubles US Space Command
... types of space weapons, the first a type of kinetic weapon which is a DA-ASAT system capable of destroying satellites in LEO and believed to have been tested multiple times. If this weapon is tested on an actual satellite or used operationally...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
... select nations this week as the country conducted its first anti-satellite missile test and successfully obliterated a low earth orbit satellite in space. Codenamed “Mission Shakti,” the test now means that India has become the fourth nation...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... create yet more orbital debris. One such entirely avoidable action is the conduct of debris-producing anti-satellite weapons tests. Dozens of ASAT weapons tests have been conducted since the 1960s, mostly by the United States and the former Soviet...
