China's ASAT programme threat to global space assets: India

[Choppers]

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China's ASAT programme threat to global space assets: India

Bangalore, Apr 7 (PTI)

India today slammed China's anti-Satellite (ASAT) programme, terming it a threat to global space assets.

In 2007, Beijing successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) vehicle, destroying an inactive weather satellite.Asked if China's ASAT programme is a threat to Indian satellites, Secretary in the Department of Space, K Radhakrishnan said: "... the threat is not only for us, but for the entire world because it (China's 2007 test) has created space debris".

Noting that the Chinese test has resulted in 3000 particles (space debris), Radhakrishnan, also Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Space Commission, said: "So we have to be careful about their (space debris from the Chinese test) possible collision with our operational satellites".

He said a group of ISRO scientists is coordinating with the international group on space debris, which observes and conducts analysis and continuously looks at managing Indian satellites -- in terms of manoeuvres and navigation -- for avoiding such possible collisions.

"Internationally, under the UN body, countries are encouraged not to undertake such activities (killing satellites in space and creating space debris", Radhakrishnan said.
Radhakrishnan said space debris are also created when satellites are integrated on their own. "Such objects (debris) will be there in orbit".

One can only try to avoid debris hitting satellites, he said, adding there is a talk of "scavenging" of debris from orbit. But this concept needs to evolve and "one has to see how one is going to do that," he added.

China's ASAT programme threat to global space assets: India

[nomi007]

best of luck china

[lhuang]

Wow, such idotic reporting.

The title implies something completely different to what he said.

[gogbot]

We all new about space derbies.

Its just pollution in orbit.

Hopefully no further tests will need to be conducted.

NASA can only monitor a certain amount of space junk at a time.

[ambidex]

why condemning today!!!!?? why condemning only china, how about USA bombarding moon to validate high velocity non explosive weapons, and experimenting ASAT; the biggest poluter of space.
If indian secretory is so much concerned he should give a generalized statement like a good boy or do some constructive efforts to set a tempo that nations should not pollute space which will cover ASAT as well.

[Honor]

why condemning today!!!!?? why condemning only china, how about USA bombarding moon to validate high velocity non explosive weapons, and experimenting ASAT; the biggest poluter of space.
If indian secretory is so much concerned he should give a generalized statement like a good boy or do some constructive efforts to set a tempo that nations should not pollute space which will cover ASAT as well.

That's a fair statement!

[Honor]

Why are we not condeming the West that polluted the air with CO2 for the past century?

[Mauryan]

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Why are we not condeming the West that polluted the air with CO2 for the past century?

Becoz west did it in the past century,we are doing it now?

Are we there yet to condemn the west?
Because chinese economy itself will be shattered if no west import from china.Same with India and other asian countries.

The world itself is a western dominant world. It will take another 20 years to rotate the dominance from west to east.

By then,bangladesh,maldives,..... will do down the ocean and these very asian people will be looking for peace of land to hide themself.

And other the other side,we will be fighting each other every other day with conventional weapons.If thatself is not enough we ignite terrorism to kill innocents. what sort of bitching life is this?