NASA CRITICIZES MISSION SHAKTI

 NASA CRITICIZES MISSION SHAKTI

NASA CRITICIZES MISSION SHAKTI

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Recently NASA criticizes India’s #MissionShakti by saying that “India’s Successfully conducted Mission shakti has increased debris in space & harm the International Space Station(ISS)". The debris could hit the ISS. There are many questions raised after this, that where is ISS? In which orbit does it revolve? Is it true that Mission Shakti will damage it? What is space debris? What is Kessler Syndrome? and many more. All the questions are going to answered here.

WHAT RECENTLY HAPPENED?

NASA has called India’s destruction of a satellite a “Terrible Thing” that could threaten the ISS. The NASA's Chief Jim Bridenstine, said “The risk of debris colliding with the ISS has risen by 44% over 10 days due to the test. The ISS is still safe. If we need to maneuver it we will".

ANANDA MAHINDRA TWEETS

Once Criticism comes from NASA, many people from India also took stands. For example: Ananda Mahindra, chairman of mahindra and mahindra group, tweets as “A case of the pot calling the kettle black. From a nation that created most of the debris in space over decades, this is an audacious statement...”.  In short Mr. Mahindra target USA by saying it that USA itself created most part of that debris & cant blame India for its 1st test.

We make it clear that Criticism comes from NASA, not from USA government. For your information we need to tell you that NASA and USA government are both in a different tracks in many matters, and they have different ideologies also. So overall, this statement is not from USA, or its change in foreign policies. USA government is already soft towards India’s  Mission Shakti.

INDIA'S MISSION SHAKTI

INDIA'S MISSION SHAKTI

DRDO made  A-SAT ,named it #Missionshakti, launched from ground & shot its own satellite 300km inside lower earth orbit. You can read the full information of how #MissionShakti took place, just click here.

EARTH'S LOWER EARTH ORBIT

Earth from diagram we can see the Lower earth orbit(0-2000km), where maximum satellites are place. We uses Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and for far placements of satellites we use Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) that ranges approx 30,000 kms and could carry much more payload than PSLV. The ISS is placed between 340-350 km altitude orbiting the earth.

ISS look like this. “Mission Shakti tested 300 km above earth , near ISS” said by NASA, added “might hit ISS”.

DEBRIS IN SPACE

The above figure is a picture of debris in space, that is continuously flowing there. The fact is that debris can’t flow every time outside earth, instead it moves in the speed of bullet and might hit any of the satellite. 

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS)

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. The station is expected to operate until 2030. The question is why NASA Is Only Criticizing? Although ISS was not launched by NASA itself. It took 150$ billion to launch the ISS, and yearly budget of NASA is only 1.6$ billion. It will take many years for NASA to build one.

WHO OWNS ISS?

The ISS programme is a joint project between five participating space agencies:

NASA(United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA(Japan), ESA(Europe) and CSA(Canada). All contributed 150$ billion to launch ISS.

What DRDO Said?

DRDO officials said that debris will only stay there for 45 days only. India have the capability of shooting higher altitude satellite instead it shoots only a lower orbital satellite just to reduce the debris amount.

KESSLER SYNDROME

The Kessler Syndrome is a very valid point towards space debris. It simply states Debris increases debris. The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect, collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade where each collision generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions. One implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges impractical for many generations.

OUR VIEWS

Orbital debris poses a threat to the approximately 1,000 operational commercial, military and civilian satellites orbiting the Earth. The world’s first space smashup occurred in 2009 when a working Iridium communications satellite and a non-operational Russian satellite collided 789 km over Siberia, generating thousands of new pieces of orbital debris. There will be strict rules regarding debris in near future, and may be 5th country which is going to test A-SAT will have to face some consequences from other countries. There may be a group of countries including India to stop other countries to test such destruction in future. Lets wait and watch and keep reading Newsringer for more updates. We expect Peace for the world.

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