A Thai satellite has close shave with a space object last Saturday night

 

Photo from Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

 

A Thai-owned satellite, named Thai Choke, successfully avoided an encounter with another object in space last Saturday night, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).

 

GISTDA said on its Facebook page that Astrolab, a unit of GISTDA, discovered, at 7.03pm last Saturday night (local Thai time), through its space traffic management system, Zircon, that there was a serious risk that the Thai Choke satellite could collide with another object, named Feng Yun 1C DEB, which would pass only 101 metres away.

 

To avoid the possibility of a collision, GISTD decided to reduce the orbital altitude of the Thai Choke satellite by 60 metres, which put the two objects at a safer distance and the satellite continues to function as normal.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/a-thai-satellite-has-close-shave-with-a-space-object-last-saturday-night/

 

 

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4 minutes ago, webfact said:

said on its Facebook page that Astrolab, a unit of GISTDA, discovered, at 7.03pm last Saturday night (local Thai time), through its space traffic management system, Zircon, that there was a serious risk that the Thai Choke satellite could collide with another object, named Feng Yun 1C DEB, which would pass only 101 metres away

 

Only 101 mtrs .! yawning chasm that is .. bet earthbound power poles dream of such luck .. 

4 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

said on its Facebook page that Astrolab, a unit of GISTDA, discovered, at 7.03pm last Saturday night (local Thai time), through its space traffic management system, Zircon, that there was a serious risk that the Thai Choke satellite could collide with another object, named Feng Yun 1C DEB, which would pass only 101 metres away

 

Only 101 mtrs .! yawning chasm that is .. bet earthbound power poles dream of such luck ..

I assume Thailand is looking to become the hub of space collisions now?

 

'Feng Yun 1C DEB' - is that a Chinese name?

Will quarantine be involved in such a collision, or is 101 metres considered enough 'social distancing'  when it comes to a lack of spacial awareness?

Brake failure or lap nai?

7 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Feng Yun 1C DEB' - is that a Chinese name?

Yes it is. Chinese weather satellite.

Even in space... Well done Thailand

13 minutes ago, John Drake said:

23 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Feng Yun 1C DEB' - is that a Chinese name?

Yes it is. Chinese weather satellite.

Ah, does that mean 'whether' it collides or not?

Ground control to Major Som.............................................!

I knew it could only be Thailand to have the first contact with aliens from outer space. As Khun Fox Mulder told: The truth is out there!

The BIB are checking the situation to see if there is any tea money to be had 

It is as well that the collision was avoided, it would be jolly inconvenient for the driver to flee the scene in the event...

7 hours ago, webfact said:

its space traffic management system

Have they sent up one of those dancing cops with it? ????

Passing noodle stand hoping for a bit of custom not realising no humans aboard.

7 hours ago, John Drake said:

Yes it is. Chinese weather satellite.

That's what they call spy satellites.  ????

Thai satellite driving up to the usual standard then...

Any U-turn out there? ????

Heaven forbid we lose that quality Thai television programming.

 

*Ding Ding*, *Whoa!*, *WOW!*, *OH NO!*

3 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Heaven forbid we lose that quality Thai television programming.

 

*Ding Ding*, *Whoa!*, *WOW!*, *OH NO!*

The lose of Thai TV would in most cases be an advancement to Thailand. 

18 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai satellite has close shave with a space object last Saturday night

I had no idea there were Thai satellites! Wow. This is really big news! 

a new term:   far f'lung khrap

The Mor Chana satellite.

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

Any U-turn out there? ????

I think it's just past the sun.

1 hour ago, tifino said:

a new term:   far f'lung khrap

Surely he's Chinese? I knew his sister - far f'lung kha, another one who had a collision.

Keep your eyes on the road man!

1 hour ago, spiekerjozef said:

The Mor Chana satellite.

Isn't that the The More Chana satellite?

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Isn't that the The More Chana satellite?

10 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I think it's just past the sun.

If you hit Uranus you have gone too far..   ????

Luckily there are no "7 Dangerous Days" in space. Yet.

6 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Luckily there are no "7 Dangerous Days" in space. Yet.

more like 1 or 2 days.... apparently if an ISS spaceman were to throw a bowling ball or whatever out and downwards - give it a few orbits and orbital dynamics brings that ball back to the same altitude, and possibly to strike the ISS...   

Therefore the little sats sudden **ft drop in altitude might itself come back and bite them again in a few days?? 

21 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

24 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Isn't that the The More Chana satellite?

Oh yeah - they were stars in their own right.
(sorry!)