What is India satellite missile test/ Mission Shakti/ an anti-satellite missile test /ASAT?

On March 27, 2019 India announced to the world that India is only the fourth country to acquire such a specialized and modern capability, India conducted its first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test successfully destroying a low earth orbit satellite in space by using a missile which covered a distance of 300 km to engage the target. The test is being described as a giant technological and strategic development for the country.

Where this launched.

ASAT in short, it is the technological capability to hit and destroy satellites in space through missiles launched from the ground. Early Wednesday, scientists and engineers at Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) launched a missile from the Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island launch complex near Balasorein Odisha that struck a predetermined target: a redundant Indian satellite that was orbiting at a distance of 300 km from the Earth’s surface. /ASAT.