India achieves 'historic' space docking mission
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Bengaluru, India: India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country s dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission,...
Bengaluru, India: India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said.
The satellites, weighing 220-kilogrammes (485 pounds) each, blasted off in December on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they separated.
On Thursday, the two satellites were manoeuvered back together in a "precision" process resulting in a "successful spacecraft capture", the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, calling it a "historic moment".
India became the fourth country to achieve the feat -- dubbed as SpaDeX, or Space Docking Experiment -- after Russia, the United States and China.
???????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????: Following the docking, ISRO has successfully managed both satellites as a combined unit. In the upcoming days, ISRO will proceed with undocking and power transfer evaluations.#SPADEX #ISRO pic.twitter.com/tMmCcF5opG
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