Mission Shakti

Mission Shakti

Question: Consider the following statement regarding Mission Shakti:
1) Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test on March 27, 2019
2) The interceptor missile was a three-stage missile with two liquid rocket boosters
3) A live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) was destroyed successfully
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(1)and (2)
(c) Only(1) and (3)
(d) All of the above
Answer 🙁 c)
Related facts:

  • On 27 March 2019, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island (formerly Wheeler Island) in Odisha.
  • This test has been named as Mission Shakti.
  • Under this mission, a live satellite was successfully destroyed in the Low Earth Orbit (an altitude of 300 km) by DRDO through indigenously developed A-SAT missile.
  • With this feat, India registered itself as the forth space power after U.S., Russia and China having such technology.
  • Anti-satellite (ASAT) System is missile-based system designed to incapacitate or destroy moving satellites for strategic military purposes.
  • A-SAT is a modified defence interceptor missile of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system.
  • The interceptor missile was a three-stage missile with two solid rocket boosters.

Links:
http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=India-successfully-tests-anti-satellite-missile&id=361489
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=189567