India’s ASAT test debris pose no threat to global space assets: DRDO chief | India News, The Indian Express

India’s ASAT test debris pose no threat to global space assets: DRDO chief | India News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: April 6, 2019 7:22:34 pm

India’s ASAT test debris pose no threat to global space assets: DRDO chief

The ASAT missile launch last month drew criticism from NASA as it condemned the mission over ignoring safety concerns in the space, especially threat to the International Space Station (ISS).

The DRDO chief also said that all the debris from the mission will decay in 45 days.

Days after the successful test of an anti-satellite missile (ASAT) under Mission Shakti, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Saturday sought to ease concerns regarding the orbital debris in the space. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy said that India chose a much lower orbit of less than 300 km to avoid the threat of debris to global space assets and asserted that all the debris from the mission will decay in 45 days. HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF DRDO PRESS CONFERENCE