Antariksha Abhyas 2024 | 13 Nov 2024

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. 

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