Editing Satellite (section)

=== Weapon ===
{{Main|Space weapon|Anti-satellite weapon|Early warning satellite}}
Since the mid-2000s, satellites have been hacked by militant organizations to broadcast propaganda and to pilfer classified information from military communication networks.<ref>{{cite web |last=Morrill |first=Dan |title=Hack a Satellite while it is in orbit |url=http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/dmorrill/archives/hack-a-satellite-while-it-is-in-orbit-15690 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320084037/http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/dmorrill/archives/hack-a-satellite-while-it-is-in-orbit-15690 |archive-date=20 March 2008 |access-date=25 March 2008 |publisher=[[ITtoolbox]] Blogs |date=April 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=22 November 2004 |title=AsiaSat accuses Falungong of hacking satellite signals |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5205866_ITM |via=AccessMyLibrary |access-date=19 May 2008 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719005250/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14557996_ITM |url-status=dead}}</ref> For testing purposes, satellites in low earth orbit have been destroyed by ballistic missiles launched from the Earth. [[Russia]], [[United States]], [[China]] and [[India]] have demonstrated the ability to eliminate satellites.<ref name="asat">{{cite news |last1=Broad |first1=William J. |last2=Sanger |first2=David E. |date=18 January 2007 |title=China Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon, Unnerving U.S. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/world/asia/18cnd-china.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417190320/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/world/asia/18cnd-china.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, the [[China|Chinese]] military shot down an aging weather satellite,<ref name="asat" /> followed by the [[US Navy]] shooting down a [[NRO L-21|defunct spy satellite]] in February 2008.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 21, 2008 |title=Navy Missile Successful as Spy Satellite Is Shot Down (With Video) |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4251430.html |access-date=25 March 2008 |work=[[Popular Mechanics]] |archive-date=1 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401054054/http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4251430.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 18 November 2015, after two failed attempts, Russia successfully carried out a flight test of an [[Anti-satellite weapon|anti-satellite]] missile known as ''[[A-235 anti-ballistic missile system|Nudol]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} On 27 March 2019, India shot down a live test satellite at 300&nbsp;km altitude in 3 minutes, becoming the fourth country to have the capability to destroy live satellites.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India successfully tests anti-satellite weapon: Modi |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/03/27/india-test-anti-satellite-weapon-modi.html |date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=The Week |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712020749/https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/03/27/india-test-anti-satellite-weapon-modi.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasani |first=Harsh |date=June 14, 2016 |title=India's Anti-Satellite Weapons |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/indias-anti-satellite-weapons/ |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=The Diplomat |language=en-US |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101131652/https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/indias-anti-satellite-weapons/ |url-status=live}}</ref>