Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday announced that the second docking of satellites, adding that more experiments are planned in the next two weeks.
"Glad to inform that the second docking of satellites has been accomplished successfully. As informed earlier, the PSLV-C60 / SPADEX mission was successfully launched on 30 December 2024. Thereafter the satellites were successfully docked for the first time on 16 January 2025 at 06:20 AM and successfully undocked on 13 March 2025 at 09:20 AM. Further experiments are planned in the next two weeks,"
ISRO's SpaDex Mission
On January 16, ISRO successfully completed the docking of satellites as part of its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX).
This made India only the fourth country in the world to have achieved the feat.
The achievement followed an earlier trial on January 12, where ISRO brought the two spacecraft to within three meters of each other before moving them back to a safe distance in preparation for the docking maneuver.
The mission was launched on December 30, 2024, with the PSLV C60 rocket carrying two small satellites—SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target)—along with 24 other payloads. Approximately 15 minutes after liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the spacecraft, each weighing around 220 kg, were placed into a 475-kilometer circular orbit as planned.
ISRO describes the SpaDeX project as a cost-effective technology demonstrator aimed at showcasing in-space docking using small spacecraft.
"Glad to inform that the second docking of satellites has been accomplished successfully. As informed earlier, the PSLV-C60 / SPADEX mission was successfully launched on 30 December 2024. Thereafter the satellites were successfully docked for the first time on 16 January 2025 at 06:20 AM and successfully undocked on 13 March 2025 at 09:20 AM. Further experiments are planned in the next two weeks,"
ISRO's SpaDex Mission
On January 16, ISRO successfully completed the docking of satellites as part of its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX).
This made India only the fourth country in the world to have achieved the feat.
The achievement followed an earlier trial on January 12, where ISRO brought the two spacecraft to within three meters of each other before moving them back to a safe distance in preparation for the docking maneuver.
The mission was launched on December 30, 2024, with the PSLV C60 rocket carrying two small satellites—SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target)—along with 24 other payloads. Approximately 15 minutes after liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the spacecraft, each weighing around 220 kg, were placed into a 475-kilometer circular orbit as planned.
ISRO describes the SpaDeX project as a cost-effective technology demonstrator aimed at showcasing in-space docking using small spacecraft.
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