India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report - Economic Times


4/10/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by PTI

According to Orbital Debris Quarterly News issued in March by NASA, India had 103 spacecraft, including active and defunct satellites, and 114 space debris objects, including spent rocket bodies orbiting the earth. So, the country has a total of 217 space obj…

India has 103 active or defunct spacecraft and 114 objects categorised as 'space debris' in orbit and it has embarked on a research to reduce such fragments from outer space."Presently, the Indian Sp… [+1967 chars]

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