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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesIndia's Chandrayaan 2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with Korea's Danuri spacecraft, ISRO said.
In 2021, Chandrayaan-2 shifted its orbit to avoid a predicted close approach to LRO over the moon's north pole. Without the maneuver, the two spacecraft would have crossed by one another at only 1.
"Sometimes, we did not have the contact information of the responsible personnel, and network security issues occasionally prevented email exchanges," according to aby the Korea AeroSpace Administration at the UN committee meeting held in June."However, we ultimately resolved all collision risks through collaborative discussions."
However,"right now, there's no mutually agreed-upon international consultation mechanism or protocol to resolve such collision risks," Soyoung Chung, a senior researcher at KARI's strategy and planning directorate, said at a space sustainability summit earlier this year, according to "With our experience of operating KPLO , we realize there is a need for an information-sharing platform and mutually agreed-upon international protocols to identify and manage the risk of collisions between the missions around the moon just like we do on the Earth.
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