The A-SAT test by India last week resulted in about 400 pieces of orbital debris that could damage the International Space Station, a NASA official said.
India is the fourth nation to possess the wherewithal to shoot down satellites in low earth orbit. But questions have been raised about the timing of the test.
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It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
This is a highly irresponsible act of indian government to escalate the tension with Pakistan and China. Nearly every country who is capable to produce their own long range missiles can do this stunt. Countries like USA and Russia needs to prohbit this kind of activity world wide for the sake of human future in space.
Is undertaking ASat tests the birthright of only USA, Russia and China ?Hitherto these three countries have several such tests and that point of time also the same risk existed. Why there was no hue and cry made by NASA as well as the print and visual media at that point of time. Moreover, is it required for any nation to announce or seek permission of the major powers for undertaking any developmental or research work which a nation will undertake to safeguard the nations interests and geographical boundaries. This test undertaken by Modi Government will act as a deterrent for the neighbouring countries who are working overtime to stall the progress of the nation .This test is a feather in the cap of Indian scientists, who have indigenously developed the capabilities without seeking any external help. Is that what pinching the detractors within the country and abroad ?
To put things in perspective :
– NASA is tracking 23000 debris (more than 10cms).
– Of these, 3000 debris are of the ASAT test of China, alone.
– The number of debris of Indian ASAT test being tracked are – just 60.
– It is expected that these will disintegrate in weeks, and India is tracking them as well, as India is planning PSLV C-46 mission in mid May and definitely won’t want a collision!
The explosion of our live satellite in space was deliberately timed for days before elections to catch eyeballs and was wholly political because this technology demonstration of bringing down our own satellite could have been done anytime before as we had the tech since 2012 as stated by DRDO.
It was a hazardous move with no defence application because there r no military satellites in space and none from Pakistan. While no treaty is violated, shooting our live satellite violated our assurance given to the Conference of Disarmament (CD) and to the First Committee of the UNGA during the tenure of PM Modi. India has lost the leadership in the peaceful application of space technologies in the current negotiations on PAROS Treaty (Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space) where we had warmed up to the Russian Chinese Draft on PAROS. This is what we have said:
‘India supports strengthening the international legal regime to *protect and preserve access to space for all* and to prevent without exceptions, the weaponization of Outer Space.’
Statement of Amb Venkatesh Varma 7.10.14 at the Conference of Disrmament.
Again
‘We are against the weaponization of Outer Space and support international efforts to reinforce safety and security of space based assets…. We believe that this international legal framework *needs to be strengthened to enhance the security of space assets* for all space users and to prevent the weaponization of Outer Space’
12.3.15 Amb Venkatesh in CD
By conducting this live technology demonstration which has thrown debris even above the American Space Station, and imperilled thousands of satellites, including ours, how have we ‘strengthened the security of space assets’ or ‘protect(ed) and preserv(ed) access to space for all’?
This is also the end of our struggle for the last 20 years to secure membership of the NSG which was created to target India after our 1974 test. This is a huge setback.
In his quest for eyeballs at election time, PM Modi is firing all cylinders regardless of what it does to our image in the world and the damage to our core interest of technological access and possible destruction of space assets of other countries.
Significantly Varma mentioned PM Modi in his Oct 2014. Therefore the assurance was not just a bureaucratic exercise but it had the imprimatur of the Govt at the highest level.
out Image was getting a beating for the past 60 years. so this crocodile tears coming from left is just waking in the thin air. pity. sorry. not to hurt you. but it comes as a leftist, no solution, only negative comment about the country. all of these type of thought creating brains have to be sent to Israel for some years to know how the people behave there under such circumstances.
This is a highly irresponsible act of indian government to escalate the tension with Pakistan and China. Nearly every country who is capable to produce their own long range missiles can do this stunt. Countries like USA and Russia needs to prohbit this kind of activity world wide for the sake of human future in space.
Is undertaking ASat tests the birthright of only USA, Russia and China ?Hitherto these three countries have several such tests and that point of time also the same risk existed. Why there was no hue and cry made by NASA as well as the print and visual media at that point of time. Moreover, is it required for any nation to announce or seek permission of the major powers for undertaking any developmental or research work which a nation will undertake to safeguard the nations interests and geographical boundaries. This test undertaken by Modi Government will act as a deterrent for the neighbouring countries who are working overtime to stall the progress of the nation .This test is a feather in the cap of Indian scientists, who have indigenously developed the capabilities without seeking any external help. Is that what pinching the detractors within the country and abroad ?
To put things in perspective :
– NASA is tracking 23000 debris (more than 10cms).
– Of these, 3000 debris are of the ASAT test of China, alone.
– The number of debris of Indian ASAT test being tracked are – just 60.
– It is expected that these will disintegrate in weeks, and India is tracking them as well, as India is planning PSLV C-46 mission in mid May and definitely won’t want a collision!
The explosion of our live satellite in space was deliberately timed for days before elections to catch eyeballs and was wholly political because this technology demonstration of bringing down our own satellite could have been done anytime before as we had the tech since 2012 as stated by DRDO.
It was a hazardous move with no defence application because there r no military satellites in space and none from Pakistan. While no treaty is violated, shooting our live satellite violated our assurance given to the Conference of Disarmament (CD) and to the First Committee of the UNGA during the tenure of PM Modi. India has lost the leadership in the peaceful application of space technologies in the current negotiations on PAROS Treaty (Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space) where we had warmed up to the Russian Chinese Draft on PAROS. This is what we have said:
‘India supports strengthening the international legal regime to *protect and preserve access to space for all* and to prevent without exceptions, the weaponization of Outer Space.’
Statement of Amb Venkatesh Varma 7.10.14 at the Conference of Disrmament.
Again
‘We are against the weaponization of Outer Space and support international efforts to reinforce safety and security of space based assets…. We believe that this international legal framework *needs to be strengthened to enhance the security of space assets* for all space users and to prevent the weaponization of Outer Space’
12.3.15 Amb Venkatesh in CD
By conducting this live technology demonstration which has thrown debris even above the American Space Station, and imperilled thousands of satellites, including ours, how have we ‘strengthened the security of space assets’ or ‘protect(ed) and preserv(ed) access to space for all’?
This is also the end of our struggle for the last 20 years to secure membership of the NSG which was created to target India after our 1974 test. This is a huge setback.
In his quest for eyeballs at election time, PM Modi is firing all cylinders regardless of what it does to our image in the world and the damage to our core interest of technological access and possible destruction of space assets of other countries.
Significantly Varma mentioned PM Modi in his Oct 2014. Therefore the assurance was not just a bureaucratic exercise but it had the imprimatur of the Govt at the highest level.
out Image was getting a beating for the past 60 years. so this crocodile tears coming from left is just waking in the thin air. pity. sorry. not to hurt you. but it comes as a leftist, no solution, only negative comment about the country. all of these type of thought creating brains have to be sent to Israel for some years to know how the people behave there under such circumstances.