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Home / News / World News / India's #ASATMissile test 'terrible thing'; created 400 debris pieces: NASA
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    India's #ASATMissile test 'terrible thing'; created 400 debris pieces: NASA

    Ramya Patelkhana
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    India's #ASATMissile test 'terrible thing'; created 400 debris pieces: NASA
  • NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine termed India's destruction of its own satellite as part of ASAT missile test under Mission Shakti a "terrible thing".

    The American space agency chief said India's test created "400 pieces of orbital debris", leading to new dangers for the International Space Station (ISS) astronauts.

    He was addressing NASA employees after India destroyed a low-orbit live satellite last week.

    Here's more.

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    24 pieces going above the apogee of ISS: Bridenstine That is a terrible, terrible thing; it's unacceptable: Bridenstine India's test raised risk of collision with ISS by 44%
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    24 pieces going above the apogee of ISS: Bridenstine

    24 pieces going above the apogee of ISS: Bridenstine
  • Bridenstine said that not all debris pieces were big enough to track.

    "...Objects big enough to track--we're talking about 10 centimeters (six inches) or bigger--about 60 pieces have been tracked," he said.

    India destroyed its satellite at a 300km satellite, which was well below the ISS and most other satellites.

    He, however, said 24 pieces "are going above" the apogee of the ISS.

  • Terrible thing

    That is a terrible, terrible thing; it's unacceptable: Bridenstine

    That is a terrible, terrible thing; it's unacceptable: Bridenstine
  • "That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris at an apogee that goes above the International Space Station," Bridenstine said on India's ASAT missile test.

    "That kind of activity is not compatible with the future of human spaceflight. It's unacceptable and NASA needs to be very clear about what its impact to us is," the NASA Administrator added.

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    India's test raised risk of collision with ISS by 44%

    India's test raised risk of collision with ISS by 44%
  • Objects in space are tracked by the US military to predict collision risk for ISS and satellites.

    Currently, 23,000 objects bigger than 10cm are being tracked, including 10,000 space debris pieces. Nearly 3,000 debris pieces were created by China's 2007 anti-satellite test at about an altitude of 853km.

    Bridenstine said India's test has increased collision risk for ISS by 44% over 10 days.

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