Anti-satellite weapon used simple technology

Relatively simple technology suffices to take out a satellite the way the Chinese government apparently did last week, space weapons analysts say. Essentially any country that can put a satellite in orbit could launch a weapon to destroy one.

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Few days back, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G Madhavan Nair, confirmed that India's Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), launched on April 20, has begun sending images.

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The Damocles Dilemma: The 21st Century Weaponization of Space

"We came in peace for all mankind." -Neil Armstrong, July 21, 1969

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The United States will take its first shot at an out-of-control spy satellite on Thursday, trying to knock it into the sea before it crashes to Earth, possibly causing damage, CNN news reported Monday.

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The U.S. decision to shoot down an ailing spy satellite raises new concerns about an arms race in space and could drive Russia and China to respond, analysts said on Thursday, voicing skepticism about the explanation for the move.

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A year ago to the day, China knocked a weather satellite out of orbit, and threw the international community into panic.

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Flight controllers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center had to maneuver the Terra environmental spacecraft in late June to avoid orbital debris created by a Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test early this year.

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When the Chinese government destroyed one of its weather satellites in a military test last month, it sent a chill through the U.S. military. And engineers say it had a serious side effect -- it increased the amount of orbiting space junk by about 10 percent.

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Bush administration officials said that they had been unable to get even the most basic diplomatic response from China after their detection of a successful test to destroy a satellite 10 days ago, and that they were uncertain whether China's top leaders, including President Hu …

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In a major foreign policy blunder, China reportedly has conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test.

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