Docking
SpaDeX Docking Test
PSLV-CA | SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment)
India's first attempt at docking in low earth orbit.
Updates
hitura-nobad • Jan. 8, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
Docking delayed due to higher then expected drift, new date to be determined.
Nosu • Jan. 7, 2025, 1:11 p.m.
Setting start time of event
hitura-nobad • Jan. 6, 2025, 10:45 a.m.
Added Event
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PSLV-CA | SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Dec. 30, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) technology mission to demonstrate autonomous docking between 2 spacecraft in orbit. The mission will involve two spacecraft (Chaser and Target) rendezvous and docking together, plus testing attitude control of the combined spacecraft under docked conditions. The Chaser and Target spacecraft will then be separated for operating other payload. The mission is critical to develop rendezvous and docking abilities for ISRO’s future human spaceflight and lunar sample return missions.
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