Tag: Anti-Satellite Weapons
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U.S. officials say Russia tested a new anti-satellite weapon
File photo of Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, head of U.S. Space Command and Chief of Space Operations at the U.S. Space Force. Credit: U.S. Air Force U.S. and British government officials said Thursday they have evidence that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon, citing an event July 15 when analysts say a Russian military satellite…
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U.S. officials condemn Russian anti-satellite test
A visualization of space debris in low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA The U.S. military’s chief of space operations rebuked a test of a Russian anti-satellite missile Wednesday, although the test did not apparently target and destroy a spacecraft in orbit. In a statement, U.S. Space Command said it was aware of a test Wednesday of…
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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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Indian military satellite, 20 more Planet imaging CubeSats launched by PSLV
A 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Monday. Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off and successfully deployed a military electronic surveillance satellite and 28 nanosatellites for companies in the United States, Lithuania, Spain and Switzerland at two different altitudes Monday, before the…
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Live coverage: New configuration of India’s PSLV launches for first time
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the EMISat electronic intelligence-gathering satellite and 28 nanosatellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0330 GMT (11:30 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page.
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India’s PSLV poised for launch with 29 satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, fitted with four solid rocket boosters, stands on the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast on the Bay of Bengal. Credit: ISRO An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled for liftoff Sunday night with an intelligence-gathering electronic surveillance satellite and 28 secondary…
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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…