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 ...

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 ...

Space Command said the direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tested is a kinetic weapon capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit. A similar anti-satellite missile test by India in March 2019 ...

Specifically, the US military will no longer conduct "direct-ascent" anti-satellite tests, which means missiles launched from the surface of the Earth with the intent to destroy a specific satellite.

“As of today the United States commits not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent, anti-satellite missile testing,” Harris said. “Simply put, these tests are dangerous and we will not conduct ...

The U.S. Space Command said Wednesday it is tracking a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test Russia conducted to prove if it can interfere with or destroy satellites in low earth orbit.

On April 18 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States commits not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile ...

Russia has tested an anti-satellite missile, U.S. Space Command announced Wednesday. The test involved a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile, a system capable of destroying satellites ...

April 15 (UPI) --U.S. Space Command said Wednesday that it is tracking what it characterizes as a "hypocritical" direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test conducted by Russia this week.

The direct-ascent, anti-satellite missile test took place Tuesday, an official at U.S. Space Command told Fox News. To date, Russia has demonstrated two types of space weapons, ...

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 .