Shashank Nayak
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The ASAT test showed that China's satellites are vulnerable too..What did It actually achieved tangibly With Chinese posture
I asked this question in the forum once.. but did not receive any answer.. Is there somebody in the know who can confirm whether my fears are warranted:
On 29th September 2016, India conducted its surgical strike I. Its speculated that RISAT - 1 was one of the satellites used. The very next day, there was a debris generating event, and soon contact with RISAT 1 was lost..
Below excerpt from Wiki page for RISAT -1 :
On 30 September 2016, Joint Space Operations Center identified a debris generating event near RISAT-1.[14][15] The event created 16 pieces out of which 15 decayed and one was catalogued on 6 October 2016 under NORAD ID: 41797 and COSPAR ID: 2012-017C and decayed on 12 October 2016. Cause of this event remains unknown. A month later on 3 November 2016, RISAT-1 data was declared unavailable on ESA's Copernicus Space Component Data Access portal due satellite outage.
So, did the Chinese employ directed energy weapons against the Indian satellite ? The approval for the ASAT program was accorded in 2016 (not sure of the month).. So, India might have fast tracked ASAT program in response to the destruction of RISAT-1, and the test would have taken place to warn china after Balakot.
Also, by testing India would be among the Space weapon powers in any forthcoming space treaty..