India becomes space super power, shot down a live satellite: PM Modi

New Delhi, Mar 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has entered its name as an elite space power. He said, "So far only 3 countries in the world, United States of America, Russia and China had this advantage. An anti-satellite weapon A-SAT, successfully targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit". He further added, "Mission Shakti operation was a difficult target to achieve which was completed successfully within three minutes of launch".