[FPSPACE] China cancels space waste meeting

[Charles Vick]

China cancels space waste meeting


By Mure Dickie in Beijing

Published: April 19 2007 22:21 | Last updated: April 19 2007 22:21

China has abruptly scrapped plans for an international governmental meeting
next week on how to deal with hazardous space waste, just three months after
an anti-satellite weapon test that prompted international fears of an arms
race in space.

China's move appears to reflect concern that the conference might become a
forum for criticism of its recent destruction of an old weather satellite
with a missile-launched "kinetic kill vehicle", which scattered more than
1,500 pieces of debris.

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