Recently India became the 4th country (after US, Russia, China) to acquire Docking -undocking capabilities in Space.
Space Docking - process by which 2 fast moving spacecraft are put into the same orbit, brought closer and finally joined together.
To show this capability India launched SpaDeX mission on Dec 30,2024. In this mission two satellites SDX01 ( CHASER) and SDX02( TARGET) were put in 470 km orbit at a distance of 20 km.
Later they were brought closer using extended locking mechanism.
The undocking manoeuvre was carried out after 2 months.
These capabilities are required when different equipments are to be carried to achieve common mission objective, to cqrry astronaut & supplies to the space station.
Chandrayan -4 too will utlise this capability.
It will also be needed by India to set up its own space station by 2035.
#Indian #space #capabilities #docking # undocking
Space Docking - process by which 2 fast moving spacecraft are put into the same orbit, brought closer and finally joined together.
To show this capability India launched SpaDeX mission on Dec 30,2024. In this mission two satellites SDX01 ( CHASER) and SDX02( TARGET) were put in 470 km orbit at a distance of 20 km.
Later they were brought closer using extended locking mechanism.
The undocking manoeuvre was carried out after 2 months.
These capabilities are required when different equipments are to be carried to achieve common mission objective, to cqrry astronaut & supplies to the space station.
Chandrayan -4 too will utlise this capability.
It will also be needed by India to set up its own space station by 2035.
#Indian #space #capabilities #docking # undocking