BLOWING UP SATELLITES DURING SOLAR MINIMUM: Last week, India conducted an anti-satellite weapons test, shattering Microsat-R into more than 6,500 pieces. Circling Earth like tiny bullets, some of those fragments are now potentially threatening the International Space Station. Read today's edition of Spaceweather.com to find out why conducting anti-satellite tests during Solar Minimum can be a terrible idea.
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Above: A computer simulation of the March 27th ASAT test created by Analytical Graphics Inc.
