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Under which of the following missions, India has successfully tested its first-ever Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) Missile capability?

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Mission Shakti
  • Mission Agni
  • Mission Raftar
  • Mission Sahas
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This question is about the codename of India's 2019 anti-satellite missile test.

  1. Mission Shakti: This was the codename announced by the government for the March 2019 test in which a missile shot down a live Indian satellite in low earth orbit, demonstrating anti-satellite capability.
  2. Mission Agni: Agni refers to India's long-range ballistic missile series, which serves a different strategic purpose from the satellite intercept test.
  3. Mission Raftar: There is no A-SAT programme known by this name.
  4. Mission Sahas: This name is not tied to the anti-satellite capability demonstration either.

The correct answer is Mission Shakti, the name officially given to India's first anti-satellite missile test.

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An anti-satellite test means using a missile to destroy an object already orbiting the Earth, a very specific kind of capability that only one of these four names is actually tied to.

  1. Mission Shakti: This is the name under which India's Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor struck down a live satellite in March 2019, the exact event the question describes.
  2. Mission Agni: Agni missiles strike ground and sea-level targets over long distances, they were never used to intercept an orbiting satellite.
  3. Mission Raftar: There is no satellite-intercept test recorded under this name.
  4. Mission Sahas: This name is also not associated with any satellite-intercept capability demonstration.

The correct answer is Mission Shakti, the only name here actually connected to India's anti-satellite missile test.

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