16 November 2021
Russia tests DA-ASAT missile
by Samuel Cranny-Evans
Russia has conducted a direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test against the retired Cosmos 1408 electronic intelligence (ELINT) low Earth orbit satellite, according to the UK-based satellite tracking company Seradata.
“The missile appears to have been launched from Plesetsk in Northern Russia at around 0630 on the morning of 15 November,” David Todd, head of space content at Seradata told Janes in an interview. “Earlier today, the Russian Federation recklessly conducted a destructive satellite test of a DA-ASAT missile against one of its own satellites,” the US State Department confirmed in a briefing later that day.
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