Mission Shakti 'terrible thing', threat to ISS, astronauts, says Nasa

Risk of debris colliding with the International Space Station has risen by 44% since the weapon test

Current Affairs: India's pulverization of one of its own satellites was a "horrible thing" as it made around 400 bits of orbital garbage, the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has stated, cautioning that the danger of flotsam and jetsam slamming into the International Space Station (ISS) has ascended by 44 percent since the Indian enemy of satellite weapon test.
Executive Narendra Modi declared on March 27 that India has accomplished a "noteworthy accomplishment" by shooting down its very own low-circle satellite with a ground-to-space rocket, making the nation a "space control." Only three different nations — the US, Russia and China — have hostile to satellite rocket (ASAT) abilities.
Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine said around 60 bits of flotsam and jetsam have been followed up until this point and out of which 24 are going over the apogee of the ISS, the purpose of the space station's circle most distant from the Earth.Read More

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