ISRO averts 10 collisions in space, backs requirement of Space Traffic Management systemIn 2024, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully avoided ten possible satellite collisions. ISRO released a report highlighting...
29 May, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
ISRO carried out 122 Collision Avoidance Manoeuvres in 14 yearsISRO has conducted 122 Collision Avoidance Manoeuvres for its Earth Orbiting Satellites over the past 14 years, with a peak of 23 manoeuvre...
29 May, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
Near miss at Washington’s Reagan National Airport? American Airlines flight aborts landing to avoid plane on runwayIn recent weeks, North America has seen four major plane accidents. These include a commuter plane crash in Alaska on February 6, which cla...
27 Feb, 2025, 01.25 AM IST
ISRO brings back Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module to Earth's orbitFollowing the lunar hop by Vikram (lander), this was another accomplishment that shows that ISRO can restart engines on the moon and operat...
05 Dec, 2023, 06.59 AM IST
Space startup Manastu raises $3 million in pre-series A fundingThis funding will accelerate the development and deployment of Manastu’s green propulsion and debris collision avoidance system and in-spac...
05 Sep, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
India has 111 payloads, 105 space debris objects in orbit: GovernmentIn a written reply, Singh said all orbiting debris will have impact on the sustainability of outer space and future missions and added that...
02 Feb, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
China slams US after space station 'close encounters' with Musk's satellitesTiangong, China's new space station, had to manoeuvre to avoid colliding with one Starlink satellite in July and with another in October, a...
28 Dec, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
Chandrayaan performs evasive manoeuvre to avoid collision with NASA's orbiterA very close conjunction between Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter (CH2O) and LRO of NASA was expected to occur on October 20 this year at 05:45 UTC (1...
17 Nov, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Isro prevents Chandrayaan-2 collision with Nasa's Lunar Orbiter"A very close conjunction between the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and the LRO was expected to occur on October 20 near the Lunar North pole," an ...
16 Nov, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
Russian navy accuses US ship of nearly causing collisionRussia on Friday accused a US naval ship of carrying out a dangerous manoeuvre by sailing within 50 metres of a Russian naval vessel in the...
07 Jun, 2019, 06.19 PM IST
Saudia Boeing 777 and UPS Jets avert collisionA Saudia Boeing 777 and a Boeing 747 came within about 300 feet of each other but a collision was averted after a traffic alert was trigger...
24 Oct, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
Two flights with 350 people have a close shaveThe aircraft were about 200 ft laterally of each other at about 11am in Kolkata airspace when their traffic collision avoidance systems got...
19 Oct, 2018, 07.29 AM IST
IndiGo, IAF jets avert mid-air mishap over ChennaiThe two aircraft were just "300 feet" away from each other at the time of the incident, which took place on May 21, the source said.
24 May, 2018, 08.39 PM IST
Space Trek: What will happen if any space debris hits a live satellite or the ISSChance of being hit by space junk on Earth is 20 billion to one. Lottie Williams was hit on her head but was unharmed by a 13-cm-long piece...
13 Nov, 2016, 12.30 AM IST
NASA working to avoid traffic jams around MarsThe US space agency has beefed up a process of traffic monitoring, communication and manoeuvre planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do not...
02 Aug, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Mars orbiter crossed comet hurdle, says ISROComet Siding Spring made its closest encounter with Mars on Oct 19th midnight for which ISRO had repositioned its MOM satellite to avoid co...
29 Oct, 2014, 09.59 PM IST
Air India, IndiGo flights come close to mid-air collisionThe Indigo flight came close to the descending AI plane raising the spectre of a collision and giving a scare to about 250 passengers on bo...
13 Jul, 2014, 02.16 AM IST