Tag: DRDO
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NASA chief slams India anti-satellite test
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks during a town hall meeting Monday at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The successful test of an Indian anti-satellite weapon March 27 created a cloud of high-velocity debris that poses a near-term threat to other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, including the International…
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U.S. military sensors track debris from Indian anti-satellite test
India’s anti-satellite missile struck the Microsat-R military satellite in orbit during a demonstration Wednesday. Credit: Analytical Graphics The U.S. Air Force was tracking at least 270 debris fragments created by an Indian anti-satellite missile test, but the debris field posed no immediate threat to the International Space Station or most other satellites in low Earth…