Satellite kill creates space hazard

News@nature.com finds out how China’s destruction of its own satellite could cause future damage.

According to US sources, China tested an anti-satellite weapon on 11 January. The weapon is said to have struck and destroyed the Feng Yun 1C, an obsolete weather satellite launched by the Chinese government in 1999.

Read the briefing here.

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Satellite kill creates space hazard

News@nature.com finds out how China’s destruction of its own satellite could cause future damage.

According to US sources, China tested an anti-satellite weapon on 11 January. The weapon is said to have struck and destroyed the Feng Yun 1C, an obsolete weather satellite launched by the Chinese government in 1999.

Read the briefing here.

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