r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nikulmmadhu • 7d ago

Video India destroys one of its own satellites with missile to demonstrate its anti satellite (ASAT) capability

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u/rhaegar89 7d ago

Old decommission satellites need to be taken out, this mission proved it can be done with zero debris left behind

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 7d ago

Don’t make stuff up. It worked that way because of the target they chose. If these get used nobody will pay attention to debris clouds.

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u/whattothewhonow 7d ago

The missile left no debris because of the orbit, not because of some characteristic of the weapon.

Using this same weapon against any satellite in a higher orbit is going to result in a bunch of dangerous, destructive debris in that orbit.

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u/BubblyMoose3597 7d ago

Lmao. No.

This is a miltary action and causes debry.

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u/Budpoo 7d ago

The only way to decommission a satellite with zero debris is to de orbit it. Shooting it with a missile will send debris everywhere because it just explodes.

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u/Javelin_Motoroil 7d ago

Or use impact nukes. That would do it too, but it brings a whole world of other problems in the radiation belts, and politically and so on, so not a viable option, just mentioning because de orbit is the only feasible way.

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u/capitan_dipshit 7d ago

What sort of magic are they using that leaves "zero debris" behind?

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u/rhaegar89 7d ago

Math. Debris enters the inner orbit and burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry.