Isro attempts & succeeds in ‘rolling’ SpaDeX satellites, learning key for future docking | India News – The Times of India

BENGALURU: Isro, which recently undocked the two satellites part of its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission on March 13, has successfully completed another experiment — the “rolling” or “rotating” experiment — which involved circumnavigation of one of the satellites and bringing it back to the same spot.This experiment, being likened to the Chandrayaan-3 “hop” experiment…

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Isro’s SpaDeX op success stepping stone for India’s ambitious space missions: PM Modi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The successful docking of two Isro spacecraft in space on Thursday has paved the way for future space and outer space missions as India desperately needs a permanent station in space for parking its spacecraft before pursuing a long space journey.The docking mission is a very challenging task as it involves reducing the…

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