India test its first anti-satellite missile system
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India test its first anti-satellite missile system
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Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#2This is great news! Was hoping India wouldn't go this route -- but I guess reality is different from the hope world.
Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#3What is the effect of this on space debris? It mentioned 'low orbit'. Is it low enough that the debris will drop out or has this increased the danger of Kessler Syndrome?
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#4Kind of disappointing considering India's general rhetoric of "peaceful space exploration". Regardless of what they say, it's basically impossible to use an ASAT weapon for anything peaceful :/
Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#5Nothing like election season to increase the pace of governance. Although the model code of conduct is in effect so presumably this was planned before the ECI announced the dates of the polls.
Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#6What is the effect of this on space debris? It mentioned 'low orbit'. Is it low enough that the debris will drop out or has this increased the danger of Kessler Syndrome?
This was an orbit of 300km. Low enough to burn without continued acceleration.
I'm guessing that when you're under attack and the attacker is using a satellite above to attack you, debris resulting from its destruction is not a pressing concern.
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#7Kind of disappointing considering India's general rhetoric of "peaceful space exploration". Regardless of what they say, it's basically impossible to use an ASAT weapon for anything peaceful :/
Jingoism is in the air nowadays. And in the water, and the dal, and the achar.
Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#8Kind of disappointing considering India's general rhetoric of "peaceful space exploration". Regardless of what they say, it's basically impossible to use an ASAT weapon for anything peaceful :/
I wonder if developing a "defence capability" constitutes a violation of peaceful purpose. India lives in a bad neighborhood with unstable actors. Also, expecting it not to develop this capability when some others have, is not very realistic - more so when those others are unreliable at best and belligerent at worst.
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#9and next we'll see this spiral into another mini space race as Pakistan "independently obtains" this capability courtesy of China and whatever technology Pakistan acquires proliferates to regimes and groups you'd least want those tech to end up with..
Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system
#10Kind of disappointing considering India's general rhetoric of "peaceful space exploration". Regardless of what they say, it's basically impossible to use an ASAT weapon for anything peaceful :/
I wonder if developing a "defence capability" constitutes a violation of peaceful purpose. India lives in a bad neighborhood with unstable actors. Also, expecting it not to develop this capability when some others have, is not very realistic - more so when those others are unreliable at best and belligerent at worst.
According to Russia it does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_missile_defence_system