ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over the assessment of international experts on the threats resulting from space debris generated by the recently conducted Anti-Satellite missile (ASAT) test by India. The NASA chief warned that the risk of debris colliding with the International Space Station (ISS) has risen by 44 per cent since the Indian anti-satellite weapon test. As many as 236 astronauts from 18 countries have visited the space station, many of them multiple times, since November 2000. India has said the test was done in the lower atmosphere to ensure that there is no space debris. By conducting the ASAT test, India was not in violation of any international law or treaty to which it is a party to or any national obligation, it said.
Source: Mint April 02, 2019 18:45 UTC