China debris threatens Indian satellites

(TimesofIndia): The space debris created by China's anti-satellite test in 2007 poses a threat to Indian satellites, the government said this week.

India's remote-sensing satellites are placed in low-earth orbit above 175 km (600 km to 900 km polar orbit). This has the highest density of debris cloud that was created after the test.

But over the past three years, India has ramped up its own capabilities to take defensive positions in a future conflict in space.