March 28 , 2019
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- 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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