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ISRO completes SpaDeX docking experiment, positioning India among elite space nations

thehindu.com — January 16, 2025 at 03:01 PM UTC

ISRO successfully completed the SpaDeX docking experiment on January 16, 2025, making India the fourth country to achieve this milestone in space. The experiment involved two satellites, SDX01 and SDX02, launched on December 30, 2024. The docking process was overseen by ISRO officials and involved precise maneuvers. Following the successful docking, ISRO confirmed control of the satellites as a single unit and plans to conduct undocking and power transfer checks soon. The SpaDeX mission aims to develop technology for spacecraft docking and is crucial for future projects, including sending an Indian astronaut to the Moon and building an Indian Space Station.

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India achieves successful spacecraft docking in orbit, joining elite spacefaring nations (gizmodo.com)

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India successfully docks two satellites in space, marking a key milestone (gazette.com)

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India becomes fourth country to dock two satellites in space (news.yahoo.com)

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ISRO successfully docks SpaDeX satellites in historic space milestone (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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ISRO completes SpaDeX docking experiment, positioning India among elite space nations (thehindu.com)

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ISRO successfully docks SpaDeX satellites, advancing India's space technology (moneycontrol.com)

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Karnataka minister praises ISRO for successful satellite docking achievement (hindustantimes.com)

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ISRO successfully docks SpaDeX satellites, marking India's entry into elite space club (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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Isro completes first satellite docking maneuver, advancing future space missions (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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ISRO achieves successful satellite docking, making India the fourth country to do so (moneycontrol.com)

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India successfully completes first space docking experiment (BangkokPost.com)

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India's ISRO achieves successful satellite docking in SpaDeX experiment (thehindu.com)

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India achieves satellite docking milestone as ISRO completes successful operation (zeenews.india.com)

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India successfully docks two satellites in space marking key milestone (thenews.com.pk)

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India achieves significant space milestone with successful satellite docking test (news.yahoo.com)

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Isro successfully docks SpaDex satellites, making India fourth in the world to achieve this milestone (firstpost.com)

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India achieves historic space docking milestone with SpaDeX mission (aljazeera.com)

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India achieves milestone with successful space docking test (news.yahoo.com)

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India achieves historic space docking milestone with successful satellite maneuver (independent.co.uk)

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ISRO successfully docks satellites in Space Docking Experiment, marking a milestone for India (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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Isro successfully docks SpaDeX satellites in space, advancing future missions (indiatoday.in)

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ISRO successfully completes satellite docking experiment advancing India's space capabilities (businesstoday.in)

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ISRO successfully docks SpaDeX satellites, marking a historic achievement for India (hindustantimes.com)

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ISRO successfully docks two satellites in space during SpaDeX mission (ndtv.com)

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ISRO successfully docks two satellites in space, marking a key milestone (zeenews.india.com)

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ISRO successfully docks satellites in historic SpaDeX mission (outlookindia.com)

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ISRO successfully docks satellites in historic SpaDeX mission (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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