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March 28 , 2019 2070 days 959 0
  • Prime Minister announced that the DRDO-has developed anti-satellite system A-SAT successfully destroyed a live satellite in the Low Earth Orbit.
  • India is the fourth country after the U.S., Russia, and China to have this technology.
  • ASAT weapons are missile-based systems to attack moving satellites.
  • This test was done in the lower atmosphere to ensure that there is no space debris.
  • America was the first country to develop and test ASAT. China conducted a similar test in 2007.
Low-Earth Orbit satellites (LEO)
  • These are satellites roughly at an altitude of 2,000 kilometers from the earth.
  • Majority of satellites are concentrated in this region.

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