Automatic station “Luna-25” recorded the moment of impact of a micrometeorite, reports TASS With reference to Roscosmos.
The government agency stated that the PML (Moon’s dust monitor) instrument recorded a micrometeorite impact event.
It is stated that the micrometeorite most likely belongs to the Perseid meteor shower.
Previously, the Russian spacecraft “Luna-25” successfully appeared into the orbit of the moon.
It is also stated that the maneuver is provided by the activation of two motors. All systems are working properly, the connection is stable.
On August 14, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences released the first images from the Luna-25 automatic station flying towards Earth’s natural satellite.
Prior to this, Roscosmos reported that the Luna-25 station had performed the first planned correction of the flight trajectory to the Earth satellite. According to the company, the Luna-25 propulsion system was activated at 16:00 Moscow time and worked for 46 seconds. The station will have another correction in its orbit, after which it is expected to enter a prelunar orbit and land on the moon.
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