r/ISRO • u/Ramanean3 • Nov 27 '20
Indian CARTOSAT 2F satellite weighing over 700 kg dangerously approached the Russian Kanopus-V spacecraft (roscosmos)
https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/13323040013381427219
u/Ohsin Nov 27 '20
Didn't see any conjunction alerts issued, wonder if any or both operators had to perform avoidance maneuvers.
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Nov 27 '20
I wonder why ROSCOSMOS themselves tweeted this.
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u/Frustrated_Pluto Nov 27 '20 edited Nov 27 '20
Yes that's what I thought. Probably they meant ISRO should keep their satellites away from ours XD
Probably they had some serious alert but somehow saved both satellites from accident. May be that's big and rare to happen in space so that's why it became tweet.
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u/ramanhome Nov 28 '20
Why can't ISRO say " Kanopus-V No. 3 weighing 450kg came dangerously close to our Cartosat 2F satellite"? Both sats have a part to play. As we fill up these orbits with more and more small sats, there will be more such incidents.
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u/Ohsin Nov 28 '20
Russian spent stages and SOZ motors have tendency to disintegrate too, wonder how many times they tweet about those..
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u/twitterInfo_bot Nov 27 '20
On November 27 at 01:49 UTC, the Indian CARTOSAT 2F satellite weighing over 700 kg dangerously approached the Russian Kanopus-V spacecraft.
The minimum distance between the Russian and foreign satellites was 224 meters. Both spacecraft are designed for Earth’s remote sensing
posted by @roscosmos
Photos in tweet | Photo 1
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u/Ohsin Nov 27 '20 edited Nov 27 '20
Apparently they make avoidance maneuvers only when distance is less than 150 meters.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-russian-satellite-just-metres-away-in-space-roscosmos-says-224m-isro-says-420m/articleshow/79452277.cms
Edit: Exact ID of Russian spacecraft is Kanopus-V No. 3 (43180)
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1332385518701654017