{"id":85107,"date":"2019-03-29T16:56:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:26:51","slug":"u-s-tracking-space-debris-from-indias-asat-test-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-tracking-space-debris-from-indias-asat-test-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. tracking space debris from India\u2019s ASAT test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. In the backdrop of the success of Mission\nShakti, an ASAT missile testing, the USA has said that India and USA would\ncontinue to pursue shared interests in space and scientific and technical\ncooperation. In 2016, USA had designated India uniquely as Major Defense\nPartner\u2019. <\/li>
  2. The USA has also raised concerns over space\ndebris and reported to have been tracking space debris from Mission Shakti. However,\nIndia has assured that that there will be no space debris left and the debris\nwould die down in 45 days. This is because the test was conducted in the lower\natmosphere. A low-orbit satellite was shot down using anti-satellite (ASAT)\nmissile. <\/li>
  3. Space debris are artificial material that is\norbiting Earth but is no longer functional. According to the Report of Second\nU.N. Conference on Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 1982, space\ndebris consists of dead satellites, spent rocket motors, nuts and bolts etc. Examples:\nChina\u2019s Tiangong-1, Fengyun-1C weather satellite of China.<\/li>
  4. Mission Shakti has been particularly significant\nas the acquisition and demonstration of ASAT technology has made India a member\nof an elite group of countries that claim to have anti-satellite weapons. Only\nthe United States, Russia and China have had demonstrated this capability.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the backdrop of the success of Mission Shakti, an ASAT missile testing, the USA has said that India and USA would continue to pursue shared interests in space and scientific and technical cooperation. In 2016, USA had designated India uniquely as Major Defense Partner\u2019. The USA has also raised concerns over space debris and… Continue reading U.S. tracking space debris from India\u2019s ASAT test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760,1738],"tags":[2182,2274],"class_list":["post-85107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-mission-shakti","tag-space-debris","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704701011},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}