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Q.5) Consider the following about mission Shakti- anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test.
1. India has entered an elite space club with the Defence Research and Development Organisation blowing up a satellite in a Low Earth Orbit into smithereens.
2. The significance of the test is that India has tested and successfully demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on complete indigenous technology.
3. With this test, the country joins an exclusive group of space faring nations consisting of USA, Russia, and China.
Choose the correct option
(i) 1, 2 and 3
(ii) 1 only
(iii) 2 only
(iv) None of the above.
Solution:- (i) 1,2 and 3
Explanation:-
On March 27, 2019 India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti-satellite missile test, from the Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Island launch complex. This was a technological mission carried out by DRDO. The satellite used in the mission was one of India’s existing satellites operating in lower orbit. The test was fully successful and achieved all parameters and it required an extremely high degree of precision and technical capability.
The significance of the test is that India has tested and successfully demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on complete indigenous technology.
With this test, the country joins an exclusive group of space faring nations consisting of USA, Russia, and China.
Which satellite was used?
The satellite used was an Indian satellite.
Which Missile/Interceptor was used?
The DRDO’s Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor was used, which is part of the ongoing ballistic missile defence programme.
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1. India has entered an elite space club with the Defence Research and Development Organisation blowing up a satellite in a Low Earth Orbit into smithereens.
2. The significance of the test is that India has tested and successfully demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on complete indigenous technology.
3. With this test, the country joins an exclusive group of space faring nations consisting of USA, Russia, and China.
Choose the correct option
(i) 1, 2 and 3
(ii) 1 only
(iii) 2 only
(iv) None of the above.
Solution:- (i) 1,2 and 3
Explanation:-
On March 27, 2019 India conducted Mission Shakti, an anti-satellite missile test, from the Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Island launch complex. This was a technological mission carried out by DRDO. The satellite used in the mission was one of India’s existing satellites operating in lower orbit. The test was fully successful and achieved all parameters and it required an extremely high degree of precision and technical capability.
The significance of the test is that India has tested and successfully demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on complete indigenous technology.
With this test, the country joins an exclusive group of space faring nations consisting of USA, Russia, and China.
Which satellite was used?
The satellite used was an Indian satellite.
Which Missile/Interceptor was used?
The DRDO’s Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor was used, which is part of the ongoing ballistic missile defence programme.
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