Most of debris generated from India’s anti-satellite test has decayed: DRDO

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/  DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has said that most of the debris generated from from the anti-satellite test conducted by India in March have decayed and rest of it will dissipate in a “short period of time”. He said this in response to a question after delivering a talk on ‘Technology for National Security’ on Friday at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, a city-based think tank.

“As I had mentioned on April 6, the debris were to decay in a few weeks time. As per the information that we have already got, most of the debris have decayed. And, whatever, couple of pieces are there, they will be decaying in a short period of time,” Reddy said.          

The Defence Research and Development Organisation chief said the continuous information being received is monitored and “I don’t think there are any issues”. “It is extremely difficult to predict as to how many days it would take…But, as I had said that day, that they would decay in a few weeks, and majority of them have decayed,” he added.