Chandrayaan-2 and NASA's Lro were absolutely close, ISRO saved such

Last month, the distance between Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and LRO was very low. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that what changes were made from which this incident

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New Delhi

Last month, the strange situation came in front of ISRO when Chandrayaan-2 and NASA's Lunar Riconics Orbitter had come close to collide. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has revealed that Chandrayaan 2 orbit was changed to its polar class to protect NASA's Lunar Riconics Orbiter (LRO) in October. To avoid colliding with NASA's LRO near the North Pole, it was transferred from its polar class last month.

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Last month, the distance between Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and LRO was very low. The radial separation between the spacecraft will be less than 100 meters and the closest distance will be only 3 km at the above time and the nearest distance will be only 3 km at the above time. This information was given on behalf of ISRO.

On behalf of ISRO, both agencies believed that the collision avoidance manoeuvre (CAM) needs to reduce such risk. Both agencies agreed that ISRO's orbit will pass through him. Chandrayaan-2 and LRO revolves in almost polar orbit of the moon and therefore both spacecraft come close to each other on the lunar pole.

Data was confirmed in the after-class determination with tracking that there will be no close relationship with LRO in the near future. In order to reduce the risk of confrontation due to space items including space debris and operational spacecraft for satellites in the Earth orbit, it is common to undergo the CAM.

ISRO monitors such cases and changes are made according to the risk. However, this is the first time when ISRO's space mission came in this way and it was a different way.