india is the fourth country to have carried out such test.

Prime Manister Narendra Modi announced the test –Mission Shakti-with great fanfare on 27 March,saying it had established India as a “space power”.

Nasa: India’s satellite destruction could endanger ISS

Nasa has called India’s destruction of a satellite a”terrible thing”that could threaten the International Space station ( ISS).

The space agency’s chief.Jim Bridenstine, said that the risk of debris colliding with the ISS had risen by 44% over 10 days due to the test.

However he said : ” The international station is still safe.if we need to manoeuvre it we will .”

Nasa had identified 400 pieces of orbital debris and was tracking 60 pieces larger than 10 cm in diameter ,