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The Problem With Debris: The ASAT Test One Year Later

January 9th, 2008 3 Comments

About this time last year (11 Jan), China conducted the now infamous direct-ascent ASAT (Anti-Satellite) hit-to-kill test.  We have written to some degree about it already - notably here  and here  .  Both articles describe the notorious aspect of the test - the addition of significant amounts of debris to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).  [...]

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