Tag: antisatellite
Pentagon monitors new Russian anti-satellite weapon, rumors suggest nuclear
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist February 18, 2024 at 6:02 p.m. 14 Low orbit is a highly monitored space (here the very old debris from the Thor program). © Stuffin.space After…
What we know about Russia’s anti-satellite fire
Laure Dautriche, edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:25 p.m., November 16, 2021 Russia admitted Tuesday having pulverized one of its old satellites in orbit since the 1980s. The United States, France…
Space debris: Washington agrees to no longer carry out anti-satellite tests
Washington has announced that it will no longer carry out tests of anti-satellite missiles, which generate thousands of dangerous debris in space, a measure described on Tuesday as “an important…
The United States changes its mind and agrees to stop anti-satellite tests
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist April 19, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. 7 Artist’s impression of the debris caused by the Indian ASAT test, carried out in February 2019 © NA Vice…
Russian anti-satellite fire reignites specter of space warfare
The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship and ISS Progress 77 freighter docked at the International Station on May 3, 2021. NASA After Moscow fired on Monday, November 15, of a missile…
From Russian anti-satellite fire to space warfare? Ask your questions to our journalists
Russia confirmed on Tuesday November 16 that it has “Successfully carried out Monday, November 15 a test” of a weapon that targeted a now unused Russian satellite, which had been…
Destruction in space: NATO condemns Russia’s anti-satellite weapon test
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the Russian test of an anti-satellite weapon as a “reckless act”.source site-14
After Russian anti-satellite fire, the United States criticizes “dangerous” behavior
The International Space Station, March 2011. – / AFP The United States condemned, Monday, November 15, the firing by Russia of an anti-satellite missile, at the origin of thousands of…