A Customized My Stamp on India’s First Anti Satellite Missile, A-SAT launch was released by the Department of Posts on the occasion of Engineers Day today.<br />” <br />” National Security Advisor Ajit Doval who was present on the occassion said, it was a very brave step on part of DRDO to go for Mission Shakti. He stated that DRDO has plenty of achievements to be proud of, however the future is in space based technologies. Satellites are critical and with this capability India can defend it’s assets in space. He appreciated the way in which the mission was kept a secret and complimented the whole DRDO fraternity for doing well in all other fields.<br />” <br />” Speaking on the occasion, Chairman DRDO, Dr G Satheesh Reddy thanked the Prime Minister and the NSA for assigning such a critical and complex mission to DRDO. He further stated that A-SAT mission enabled development of many technologies and capabilities for precision kill at higher altitudes. He called upon DRDO fraternity to take up more such complex and critical projects.<br />” <br />” Defence Research and Development Organisation had successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test ‘Mission Shakti’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha on 27th March last year. A DRDO developed A-SAT Missile successfully engaged an Indian orbiting target satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in a ‘Hit to Kill’ mode. The interceptor missile was a three-stage missile with two solid rocket boosters.<br />” <br />” Tracking data from range sensors had confirmed that the mission met all its objectives. The entire effort was indigenous which demonstrated the Nation’s capability to develop such complex and critical missions. A number of industries had also participated in the mission. With this success, India became the fourth nation in the world to possess such capability.<br />” &nbsp;