The dramatic docking between two satellites occurred late yesterday about 295 miles (475 kilometers) above Earth.
SpaDeX Docking Update:
Docking Success
Spacecraft docking successfully completed!
Lets walk through the SpaDeX docking process:
Manoeuvre from 15m to 3m hold point completed.
ISRO’s PSLV rocket launching on December 30, 2024.Photo: ISRO
Today, ISROannouncedthat the government approved a third launch pad at the agencys Satish Dhawan Space Center.
The agency plans to finish construction of the launchpad within four years.
India also has ambitions beyond low Earth orbit.
In 2023, the countrys Chandrayaan-3 missionlanded on the Moonand immediately madeobservationsof its south pole.
That same year, IndiasAditya-L1mission successfully launched and began observing space weather and its effects on our planet.
In 2023, theGaganyaan demonstratorlaid the groundwork for what should be ISROs first crewed space mission.
SPADEX has accomplished the unbelievable… docking complete… and it is all indigenous Bharatiya Docking System.
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