The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that the much-awaited satellite docking has been concluded.
In a post on X, ISRO wrote, “Spacecraft docking successfully completed! A historic moment”
“Let’s walk through the SpaDeX docking process: Manoeuvre from 15m to 3m hold point completed. Docking initiated with precision, leading to successful spacecraft capture. Retraction completed smoothly, followed by rigidisation for stability. Docking successfully completed,”ISRO announced.
India became the 4th country to achieve successful Space Docking. Dr. V. Narayanan, Secretary DOS, Chairman Space Commission and Chairman ISRO, congratulated the team ISRO.
“Congratulations to the entire team! Congratulations to India! Post docking, control of two satellites as a single object is successful. Undocking and power transfer checks to follow in coming days.” the post reads.
