ISRO officially started its SpaDeX mission on 30th December 2024 and the primary aim of this mission is to dock two satellites in space, this milestone is achieved by only the US, China, and Russia while India is headed to become the fourth country with the SpaDeX mission.
Well ISRO has today officially announced the successful completion of its SpaDeX missions space undocking.
Spadex Undocking Successful! ๐
Key sequence of events:
โ SDX-2 extension successful
โ Capture Lever 3 released as planned
โ Capture Lever in SDX-2 disengaged
โ Decapture command issued in SDX-1 & SDX-2๐ FINALLY, SUCCESSFUL UNDOCKING!
Congratulations, Team ISRO! ๐ฎ๐ณโฆ
— ISRO (@isro) March 13, 2025
They have also listed the key sequence of events of the mission after its completion-
- SDX-2 extension successful
- Capture Lever 3 released as planned
- Capture Lever in SDX-2 disengaged
- Decapture command issued in SDX-1 & SDX-2
Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh has also congratulated team ISRO on X. He mentioned that this accomplishment of ISRO paves the way for the smooth conduct of ambitious future missions including the Bharatiya Antriksha Station, Chandrayaan 4 & Gaganyaan.
Congrats team #ISRO. And heartening for every Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ !#SPADEX Satellites accomplished the unbelievable De-Dockingโฆ This paves the way for smooth conduct of ambitious future missions including the Bharatiya Antriksha Station, Chandrayaan 4 & Gaganyaan. PM Sh @narendramodiโsโฆ
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) March 13, 2025
This achievement by ISRO marks a crucial milestone in India’s space exploration journey as these docking technologies will be laying the groundwork for future space missions as mentioned by the Union Minister in his post.
After the docking and undocking of two spacecraft (SDX-1 & SDX-2) in a low Earth circular orbit, the second objective of this mission includes the demonstration of the transfer of electric power between docked spacecraft, composite spacecraft control, and payload operations.
