Indian Space Research Organisation–India Tests Anti-Satellite Missile - Outer Space Treaty

India conducted its first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test on Wednesday, successfully destroying a low earth orbit satellite in space by using a missile which covered a distance of 300 km to engage the target. DRDO conducted Mission Shakti, an anti-satellite missile test, from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island launch complex. Test was done in lower atmosphere at an altitude of 300km in order to avoid causing damage from the debris formed to the International Space Station orbiting at an altitude of 400km. Whatever debris was generated will decay and fall on the earth within two weeks.
The principal international treaty on space is the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. India is a signatory and ratified it in 1982. The Outer Space Treaty prohibits only weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
Low earth orbit refers to an altitude up to 2,000 km. A satellite in the LEO can monitor activities on the ground. Such a satellite can be used for espionage and pose serious threat to the country’s security in the instances of war.The satellite which was hit was a micro satellite launched by the ISRO on January 24 this year.
The US military’s Strategic Command tracks space debris. Space debris is tracked remotely from the ground, and the station crew is notified. This allows for a Debris Avoidance Manoeuvre (DAM) to be conducted, which uses thrusters to increase or decrease the orbiting height of the station. The debris can travel at extremely fast speeds, and 1 centimeter in size could do a great deal of damage to the Space Station and satellites in orbit. In almost 50 years of space activities, more than 5200 launches have placed some 7500 satellites into orbit, of which about 4300 remain in space; only a small fraction − about 1200 − are still operational today. This large amount of space hardware has a total mass of more than 7500 tonnes.
A 7 g object (shown in centre) shot at 7 km/s (23,000 ft/s), the orbital velocity of the ISS, made this 15 cm (5.9 in) crater in a solid block of aluminium

About 1,200 active satellites orbits the globe in a crowded nest of orbits, providing worldwide communications, GPS navigation, weather forecasting and planetary surveillance. For militaries that rely on some of those satellites for modern warfare. Space has become the ultimate high ground, with the U.S. as the undisputed king. Now, as China, Russia & India aggressively seek to challenge U.S. superiority in space with ambitious military space programs of their own. Rajendra Prasad.
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