Russian anti-satellite test adds to worsening problem of space debris
Russia has destroyed one of its own satellites in orbit, prompting international condemnation. …
On Monday, Russia carried out the A-Sat test from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800km (500 miles) north of Moscow. The missile destroyed an old Soviet spy satellite, called Kosmos 1408, that was once part of Russia’s Tselina radio signals surveillance programme.
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