Smashing satellites as part of the Delta 180 Strategic Defense Initiative mission

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 17 Jul 2023, 12:00 UTC

In 1986, the Strategic Defense Initiative conducted an in-orbit test where two spacecraft collided with each other. Dwayne Day describes the development of that rapid, low-cost mission and the effect it could have had on arms control negotiations.

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• T2Smashing satellites as part of the Delta 180 Strategic Defense Initiative missionSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review17 Jul 2023, 12:00