Snippet from this article : China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between satellites, a space sustainability official said, marking a first for space traffic management.
“For years, if we had a conjunction, we would send a note to the Chinese saying, ‘We think we’re going to run into you. You hold still, we’ll maneuver around you,'” Alvin Drew, director for NASA Space Sustainability, said during a plenary session at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 2.
A big shift had come a day earlier, Drew revealed. “Just yesterday, we had a bit of a celebration because, for the first time, the Chinese National Space Agency reached out to us and said, ‘We see a conjunction amongst our satellites. We recommend you hold still. We’ll do the maneuver.’ And that’s the first time that’s ever happened,” Drew said.
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Snippet from this article : China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between satellites, a space sustainability official said, marking a first for space traffic management.
“For years, if we had a conjunction, we would send a note to the Chinese saying, ‘We think we’re going to run into you. You hold still, we’ll maneuver around you,'” Alvin Drew, director for NASA Space Sustainability, said during a plenary session at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 2.
A big shift had come a day earlier, Drew revealed. “Just yesterday, we had a bit of a celebration because, for the first time, the Chinese National Space Agency reached out to us and said, ‘We see a conjunction amongst our satellites. We recommend you hold still. We’ll do the maneuver.’ And that’s the first time that’s ever happened,” Drew said.
You love to see the collaboration between two buddies ❤️