Shri Chandrakant Patil

India has entered the extraordinary club of space superpowers by executing low-orbit satellite destruction on 27th March 2019. This operation was previously accomplished by only three countries the United States of America, Russia, and China. This makes India the fourth nation in the world to demonstrate such capability of an anti-satellite missile. Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi addressed the nation that this mission is named as “Mission Shakti” which was made possible by utilizing an Indian anti-satellite weapon called A-SAT. This mission lasted for about three minutes. According to some reports, this weapon was launched on 27th March 2019 at 11:16 am and was accomplished by the Defence Research and Development Organisation from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island launch area. The satellite utilized for this mission Shakti was one of the existing satellites of India that operates in a lower orbit. This test was made possible because of high-level precision and technological ability....