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Tselina Spacecraft Platform Destroyed In Russian Anti-Satellite Test
The Russian government apparently tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile on November 15th, 2021. It struck a Russian satellite, creating a large debris field in low-Earth orbit.
Another view of the Tselina spacecraft platform, destroyed in the latest anti-satellite test, with a human for scale: https://t.co/ypOTng6hGR pic.twitter.com/uZ4hXXV9N9
— Anatoly Zak (@RussianSpaceWeb) November 15, 2021
Statement from @US_SpaceCom regarding today's Russian anti-satellite test. That third paragraph... pic.twitter.com/OEOiZbLeml
— Chris G - NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) November 15, 2021
Both the United States and the Soviet Union explored a variety of technologies to destroy satellites in orbit; the earliest occurred in the late 1950's; see the anti-satellite weapon page on Wikipedia for a summary.
As far as I know, the earliest reference in science fiction to the idea of a satellite being deliberately destroyed from Earth was in The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner, published in 1975. He described a satellite sanded in orbit, where "sanded" comes from "search and destroy.
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