Netherlands Austria and Italy will not do anti satellite tests total 13 countries

3 more countries of the world have announced that they will not conduct anti-satellite (ASAT) tests. These countries include Netherlands, Austria and Italy. The purpose of anti-satellite test is to test such missiles which can attack and destroy any satellite deployed in space. America was the first to commit in the year 2022 that it will not conduct anti-satellite tests. America had called on other countries to do the same. A proposal in this regard was also presented in the United Nations General Assembly.

The proposal was passed in December last year. In the same month, 9 countries signed it, which included Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Now 3 more countries have joined this list. spacedotcom’s Report According to, the Netherlands on 27 February, Austria on 3 March and Italy on 6 April signed the proposal. America is already a part of it.

All of these countries have agreed not to conduct a type of anti-satellite test known as direct-ascent. Under this, missiles are launched from ships or aircraft deployed from land to sea to destroy dead or dying satellites. Such technologies are believed to give rise to massive amounts of space debris.

According to the report, in the year 2021, Russia had destroyed one of its satellites ‘Cosmos 1408’ by doing a similar test. Because of that a lot of garbage spread in space. This debris of satellites can pose a challenge to existing satellites. The International Space Station (ISS) is also always afraid of such wastes.

NASA has been critical of such actions. He says that such steps can affect the existing missions in space. The lives of astronauts may also be in danger. Statistics show that in the last several years, more than 6800 pieces of debris have been generated in space due to anti-satellite tests. Of these, 3,472 are still in orbit today.