Modi declares India 'space superpower' as satellite downed by missile


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| 2019/03/27 | 719 words | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | DEFENCE

India said Wednesday it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space powers.In a rare address to the nation just weeks out from a national election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had joined the United States, Russia and China in accomplishing the feat.A missile fired from a testing facility in Odisha, eastern India, downed the satellite at around 300 kilometres (185 miles) in "a difficult operation" that laste...(…)

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