China, in a recent manned mission, may have released a microsatellite to serve as a prototype of a space-based anti-satellite weapon, a new report states. Not long after its release, the microsat came close to the International Space Station. Previously, China used a ground-based interceptor missile to demolish one of its own aging weather satellites, creating thousands of pieces of dangerous space debris, and also used a ground-based laser to disable a U.S. military satellite. The new report, from the…
China May Have Launched Prototype Of A Maneuvering Space-Based Anti-Satellite Weapon System: Report
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