India’s space debris back to levels before 2019 anti-satellite test, lowest among major space-faring nations - The Indian Express


4/10/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Amitabh Sinha

India’s contribution to space debris had increased sharply in 2019 after the country’s first-ever anti-satellite test, during which India had demonstrated its capability to strike at an enemy country’s space assets.

The debris created by Indias anti-satellite test in March 2019 seems to have all decayed or disintegrated, and Indias contribution to space debris has fallen to the lowest levels in the last four yea… [+2842 chars]

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