PM Modi congratulates ISRO scientists for profitable docking experiment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses in the course of the News9 International Summit, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (January 16, 2025) congratulated scientists and engineers at ISRO on the profitable docking of two satellites in area.

“Congratulations to our scientists at @isro and the whole area fraternity for the profitable demonstration of area docking of satellites. It’s a important stepping stone for India’s formidable area missions within the years to come back,” Mr. Modi mentioned in a submit on X.

Area company Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) efficiently carried out the docking of satellites as a part of the Area Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), a vital step in direction of a number of future missions, together with organising of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station.

The 2 satellites SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Goal) which had been launched by the PSLV C60 on December 30, 2024, efficiently docked because the area company officers from the Mission Operations Complicated (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Monitoring, and Command Community (ISTRAC) oversaw the complicated docking process.

In response to ISRO, the SpaDeX mission is an economical know-how demonstrator mission for the demonstration of in-space docking utilizing two small spacecraft that was launched by PSLV.

In area, docking know-how is crucial when a number of rocket launches are required to realize widespread mission goals.

(with inputs from PTI)