U.S. will not conduct direct ascent anti-satellite missile tests, Harris says By Nandita Bose and Joey Roulette April 19, 2022 1:07 AM UTC Updated April 19, 2022 ...

Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile on Nov. 15, 2021, Moscow Standard Time, that struck a Russian satellite [COSMOS 1408] and created a debris field in low-Earth orbit.

The Russian military “recklessly conducted” a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test, which successfully hit a Russian satellite that had been in orbit for nearly 40 years, State Department ...

Destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons are launched from Earth on high-altitude aircraft via rocket. The ASAT enters low-Earth orbit on a collision course with the satellite ...

This isn’t the first time that an alleged direct-ascent anti-satellite test resulted in dangerous debris. China tested an ASAT missile on one if its weather satellites in 2007, an event that resulted ...

This is why the administration’s admirable announcement to unilaterally ban the testing of direct-ascent, anti-satellite missiles must not constrain the development and fielding of U.S ...

Largely in response to Russia's destruction of Cosmos 1408, the United States in April said that it would ban the practice of such direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests.

Yesterday (April 15), Russia conducted a test of its direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile system, which is designed to destroy satellites in low Earth orbit.

Five nations have now committed to not performing destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite tests: the United States, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, and Canada. Follow Brett on Twitter at @bretttingley .

Japan and Germany pledged this week not to conduct direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing, throwing their weight behind the U.S.-driven initiative launched in April to promote ...