Russia tests ASAT-capable missile system
The most likely missile system fitting the description is a transporter erector launcher (TEL)-based version of the Nudol system.
https://www.janes.com/article/95586/rus ... ile-system
Russia tests direct-ascent anti-satellite missile
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., April 15, 2020 — U.S. Space Command is aware and tracking Russia’s direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test April 15.
Russia’s missile system is capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and comes on the heels of Russia’s on-orbit testing the U.S. highlighted in February, namely COSMOS 2542 and COSMOS 2543. These satellites, which behaved similar to previous Russian satellites that exhibited characteristics of a space weapon, conducted maneuvers near a U.S. Government satellite that would be interpreted as irresponsible and potentially threatening in any other domain.
“This test is further proof of Russia’s hypocritical advocacy of outer space arms control proposals designed to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting their counterspace weapons programs,” Raymond said. “Space is critical to all nations and our way of life. The demands on space systems continue in this time of crisis where global logistics, transportation and communication are key to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is a shared interest and responsibility of all spacefaring nations to create safe, stable and operationally sustainable conditions for space activities, including commercial, civil and national security activities,” Raymond concluded.
https://www.spacecom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ART ... e-missile/
"Interessanter" Zugang, wenn man bedenkt, dass die US Navy vor zwölf Jahren einen defekten amerikanischen Spionagesatelliten mit einer SM-3 abgeschossen hat. Nur hat man diese Operation wenigstens angekündigt:
- Navy Succeeds In Intercepting Non-Functioning Satellite (20. Februar 2008)
A network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering the earth's atmosphere.
At approximately 10:26 p.m. EST, Feb. 20, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) hitting the satellite approximately 133 nautical miles over the Pacific Ocean as it traveled in space at more than 17,000 mph. USS Decatur (DDG-73) and USS Russell (DDG-59) were also part of the task force.
The objective was to rupture the fuel tank to dissipate the approximately 1,000 pounds of hydrazine, a hazardous fuel which could be harmful, before it entered into earth's atmosphere. Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours.
Due to the relatively low altitude of the satellite at the time of the engagement, debris will begin to re-enter the earth's atmosphere immediately. Nearly all of the debris will burn up on reentry within 24-48 hours and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days.
https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=35114
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Russia’s ASAT development takes aim at LEO assets
Current Russian destructive ASAT development focuses on DA-ASAT systems. Ground-based space tracking sensors such as Radars or optical telescopes can be used to identify satellites and generate their orbital parameters, translating this into initial target track data for an ASAT launch.
DA-ASAT systems are launched from a ground or airborne platform and take a direct path to an intercept point on the target satellite’s orbit, although a degree of manoeuvring capability to counter a target’s evasion attempts may be incorporated. Any manoeuvring capability would be a significant advance, as this is technologically difficult and costly in terms of fuel.
Examples of DA-ASAT missiles include China’s SC-19 and the US ASM-135. SC-19 is not a Chinese designator, but rather a US intelligence designator indicating that the missile was the 19th observed system first detected at Shuangchengzi in Gansu province.
SC-19 is a development of the DF-21(CSS-5) ballistic missile equipped with a kinetic kill vehicle, which was used to destroy the FY-1C Chinese weather satellite orbiting in LEO at 865 km on 22 January 2007. The ASM-135 ASAT missile completed a successful intercept test on 13 September 1985. Launched from an F-15, the missile destroyed the Solwind P78-1 solar physics satellite orbiting in LEO at 525 km, before development stopped in 1988.
The 2018 report Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment , produced by the Secure World Foundation, noted that the reaction time of a satellite in LEO under threat by a DAASAT is limited to 8–15 minutes. To counter such an attack during this timeframe, the DA-ASAT launch must be detected and identified, the targeted satellite identified, and the satellite manoeuvred onto a new, safer orbital path if it can. However, satellite manoeuvring fuel is finite, meaning that only a limited number of orbital changes can be accomplished. This potentially places a satellite in a situation where it must risk destruction or move to a new orbital path that limits, or eliminates, future mobility.
CO-ASAT systems are placed in orbit, and over the course of several orbits reorient themselves into the orbital path of the target satellite before closing for intercept. Examples of CO-ASAT systems include the former operational Soviet ballistic missile-based Istrebitel Sputnikov (‘Satellite Fighter’) system, and the developmental ballistic missile-based Nayad (14F10) and Naryad-V (14F11) systems; none are currently operational.
Nudol system
The Nudol DA-ASAT system has been under development since at least 2011 and may form the mobile ASAT portion, or is possibly an offshoot, of the proposed A-235 anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system (RTTs-181M) – OTR (operational tactical rocket), codename Samolet-M – that has been under development since 1985. The A-235 is intended to replace the Moscow-area A-135 Amur (ABM-4A ‘Gazelle’/ABM-4B ‘Gorgon’, sometimes also designated ABM-3 ‘Gazelle’/ABM-4 ‘Gorgon’) ABM system, with various components including the 53T6M endoatmospheric interceptor, which is a modified 53T6 (ABM-4A ‘Gazelle’) from the A-135, currently undergoing testing.
The Nudol system is also referred to in the West as the PL-19. The PL- series designator indicates that the system was first identified by Western intelligence sources at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and was the 19th such object identified at the site. At least five of the six known Nudol tests occurred at Plesetsk.
The first known open-source acknowledgement of the Nudol system in Russia came in 2010, when Russian electronics and engineering company JSC Avangard released its annual report. Among other areas, JSC Avangard is involved with composite and fibreglass component manufacturing, suggesting that the company may be responsible for producing launch canisters for the missile that arms the Nudol system.
https://www.janes.com/images/assets/591 ... assets.pdf
In diesem Bericht ist nichts zu finden, was auf ein System "Nudol" oder dgl. hindeutet:
http://ru.avangard.org/annual_report.html