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India delays first space docking of SpaDeX satellite, requires ‘additional verification’

MONews
4 Min Read

India has postponed its first attempt to dock two spacecraft into Earth’s orbit to allow more time for testing as it prepares to test critical technologies for its future ambitions in space.

The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) was expected to connect two small satellites in low-Earth orbit in the late evening of Monday, January 6, 2019 (January 7 Indian Standard Time). The PSLV rocket will be launched on December 30th. This will be the first test of ISRO’s indigenously developed autonomous space docking system.

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