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Antariksha Abhyas 2024

  • 13 Nov 2024
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Source: PIB 

Recently, the Defence Space Agency under the Ministry of Defence conducted India's first-ever Space Exercise 'Antariksha Abhyas' in New Delhi. 

  • Objective: Simulating and analysing threats to and from space-based assets and services to secure national strategic objectives in space. 
  • Key Focus Areas: 
    • Enhancing the integration of space capability into military operations. 
    • Providing a better understanding of operational dependencies on space assets. 
    • Identifying vulnerabilities and handling disruptions or denial of space-based services. 
  • Military Use of Space: Armed forces use space capabilities for detecting border infiltration, artillery movements and missile launches. 
  • India’s Capability: In March 2019, India successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) test designed to destroy or disable enemy satellites in orbit under Mission Shakti. 
  • Regulation: According to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, outer space should be used only for peaceful operations. 
    • The Kármán line, 100 kilometres above mean sea level, is considered the boundary where Earth ends and outer space begins. 

Read More: India Beyond Earth 

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