On one particular day in 2021, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS must have felt a pin-prick of fear and uncertainty.
satellite, though the weapon's telemetry failed, and the test was inconclusive. Testing continued into the future, with ASATs being launched from the ground, sea, and air.prohibited placing weapons in space. But an anti-satellite weapon needn't be in space. That's why in 2022, the US announced their own ban on testing ASATs of all types.
"Any piece larger than 1 centimeter is potentially lethal in case of collision," said Professor Torres, co-author of the research article. Orbiting satellites are rapidly becoming more and more important to economics and to geopolitics. ASAT tests deliberately create more debris that imperils satellites' ability to operate safely and constitute an economic risk.
"We are faced with a huge unregulated market, in which problems have just started," the researchers write. "The weaponization of outer space means that Earth's orbit has become another battlefield for the main powers, as enemy satellites are high-value military assets whose destruction denies the enemy forces critical capabilities," the authors write.
It's clear that countries with space capabilities are in an arms race, despite the USA saying they wouldn't test any more ASATs. Weapons can be developed without orbital testing. In fact, any satellite with propulsion can be used as an ASAT. This highlights the problem with banning ASATs based in space.
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