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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/18/23030233/anti-satellite-asat-test-commitment-us-kamala-harris
Kamala Harris to announce US will no longer conduct anti-satellite tests
This evening, Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing that the United States will no longer conduct anti-satellite, or ASAT, missile tests — the practice of using ground-based missiles to destroy satellites in orbit around Earth. Harris is challenging other countries to make the same commitment and establish this policy as a new “norm of responsible behavior in space.”
Harris will speak more extensively on the new commitment during a speech at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this evening. Harris currently serves as the chair of the White House’s National Space Council, an executive advisory group that helps to set the nation’s space agenda.
This declaration comes five months after Russia conducted an ASAT test in November....
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/18/23030233/anti-satellite-asat-test-commitment-us-kamala-harris
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