ISRO SpaDeX Mission: The Space Docking Experiment (SPADEX) of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was successfully launched on Monday (December 30, 2024) utilizing the PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
ISRO’s Spadex mission is an economical know-how demonstration mission to reveal in-space docking with a PSLV launch automobile. According to the Indian Space Agency (ISRO), the first goal of the Spadex mission is to develop and reveal the know-how required for rendezvous, docking and undocking of two small spacecraft (SDX01 and SDX02) in low Earth round orbit.
Will assist in missions like Chandrayaan-4
“Due to its smaller size and mass, Spadex is even more challenging, as rendezvous and docking maneuvers require more precise precision than docking two larger spacecraft,” ISRO mentioned in an announcement. “This will be a precursor to the autonomous docking required for future lunar missions such as Chandrayaan-4 without GNSS support from Earth.”
Earlier its launch was to happen on December 30, 2024 at 9:58 pm, however later ISRO officers postponed it to 10 pm. However, no official data was given behind the launching.
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