Indian spacecraft escaped impact with American

The CH2O probe performed an evasion maneuver to avoid a rendezvous with the LRO spacecraft

Indian spacecraft in circumlunar orbit 2 Chandraya-2 performed an evasion maneuver to avoid a rendezvous with the American probe Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), according to the Indian Space Research Organization.

A possible strike of two spacecraft could occur over the North Pole of a natural satellite of the Earth on October 20 at 05:45 p.m. Greenwich. According to the calculations carried out by Indian experts, CH2O and LRO could approach each other at a distance of about three kilometers.

The maneuver of the Indian spacecraft, which made it possible to avoid a possible collision with the American one, was made on October 18 at 14:52 GMT.

The Chandrayaan-2 mission consists of an orbiter and a lander. Launched in July 2019. In August of the same year, it entered the lunar orbit. In September 2019, the lander with the rover separated from the orbital and made a hard landing on the lunar surface. The orbiter is still in operation.

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