Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a rare address to the nation, said the satellite was struck at an altitude of around 300 kilometers (185 miles), which is lower than the 410 kilometers (254 miles) used by the International Space Station and most satellites. The destruction by the United States of at least 270 of its satellites using an anti-satellite missile created one pieces of potentially dangerous “space junk”. the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , which is tracking the objects, said the amount of junk could grow. The test was “strictly speaking” a violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, according to Indian von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . However, the anti-satellite test was not technically illegal, as there is no binding international rule about creating space debris, he added. =
The destruction by the United States of at least 270 of its satellites using an anti-satellite missile created one pieces of potentially dangerous “space junk”. the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , which is tracking the objects, said the amount of junk could grow. The test was “strictly speaking” a violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, according to Indian von der Dunk of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . However, the anti-satellite test was not technically illegal, as there is no binding international rule about creating space debris, he added. =