Face to face with NASA and India's lunar spacecraft, the accident was avoided for a short time in space

 Face to face with NASA and India's lunar spacecraft, the accident was avoided for a short time in space

 ISRO avoided that conflict by applying the ‘Collision Avoidance Maneuver’ (CAM) method.

  

Face to face with NASA and India's lunar spacecraft, the accident was avoided for a short time in space

By the time NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) reached the moon's North Pole, NASA's vehicle was also present. There was going to be a terrible clash. Although somehow a fatal accident was averted in space. Although the incident happened last month, it was made public on Monday by the Indian Space Research Organization. ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter in October.

It is known that on October 20, at 11.15 am Indian time, the distance between NASA and the Indian lunar spacecraft was supposed to be three kilometers. At least there is less than 100 meters. This incident created extreme instability in both NASA and ISRO. ISRO avoided that conflict by applying the ‘Collision Avoidance Maneuver’ (CAM) method.

About a month later, a statement from ISRO stated that "the two organizations have made every effort to avoid this collision. In the end, the CAM method can be used to avoid this collision. NASA and ISRO have mutually agreed that Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter will use CAM." By the way, this cam was designed to avoid any such collision This allows the radial distance to be increased.

Post-maneuver tracking also starts after running this system. Which ensures that the new orbit does not come close to the LRO in the near future. Chandrayaan-2 and NASA's lunar orbiter orbit the moon in their orbits and come closer to each other at the North Pole. Incidentally, satellites in Earth orbit are prepared to go through multiple strategies to reduce the risk of collisions with space debris and objects in space. ISRO regularly monitors such approaches.

On 22 July, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Vikram was scheduled to land from an orbiter at the moon's south pole late at night on September 6 But in the last step of the descent, Vikram fell face down on the ground of the moon. Although the orbiter is still orbiting.