India’s satellite-shoot-down test should raise fears about space junk

India’s satellite-shoot-down test should raise fears about space junk

India launched a missile into space on Wednesday morning that intentionally destroyed one of its own satellites.

The anti-satellite missile test, known as “Mission Shakti,” created a field of debris about 185 miles above Earth.

Anti-satellite weaponry raises the risk of creating a large and lasting catastrophe in space called a “Kessler syndrome” event.

Kessler syndrome describes a runaway cascade of space debris that would complicate and curtail human access to and use of space for centuries.

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India Shot Down a Satellite, Modi Says, Shifting Balance of Power in Asia – The New York Times

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India’s satellite missile test may have made 6,500 bits of space debris – Business Insider

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