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Nov. 27, 2020
According to the main information and analytical center of the automated warning system for dangerous situations in near-earth space (GIAC ASPOS OKP) TsNIIMash (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), on November 27, 2020 at 04:49 Moscow time, there was a dangerous approach with the Russian spacecraft the Canopus-V and the operating Indian CARTOSAT 2F apparatus, satellites weighing more than 700 kg.
Satellite collisions create space debris. Image Credit: DARPA
According to the calculations of the GIAC ASPOS OKP, the minimum distance between the Russian and foreign satellites was 224 meters. Both devices are designed for remote sensing of the Earth.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/29618/
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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