Explained: India Becomes 4th Nation to Achieve Satellite Docking - What It Means For ISRO
In a major boost to India's ambitious future space missions, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO on Thursday successfully performed the docking of two satellites as part of the Space Docking Experiment, SpaDeX. With the successful docking of satellites - Chaser and Target - India has become the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to accomplish the technological feat.
Docking is crucial for the building of international space stations. In this process different modules are sent up separately and then docked together in orbit. This experiment is crucial for ISRO's future missions, such as the Space station and landing an astronaut on the moon.
