<p>Chennai: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/isro">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> (ISRO) on Thursday night said the drift between two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites has been arrested and that the spacecraft are expected to reach initialisation conditions by Friday. </p><p>However, the space agency didn't say when the docking of the satellites, which was postponed twice this week, would take place. </p><p> “The drift has been arrested and spacecrafts put in a slow drift course to move closer to each other. By tomorrow, it is expected to reach initialisation conditions,” the ISRO said in a terse update. </p> .ISRO postpones docking of SpaDeX satellites again.<p>Hours before the docking was to take place, scientists found out that the drift was more than expected while making a manoeuvre on Wednesday night. </p><p>“While making a manoeuvre to reach 225 m between satellites, the drift was found to be more than expected, post non-visibility period. The planned docking for tomorrow is postponed. Satellites are safe,” the ISRO had said on Wednesday.</p><p> The plan is to reduce the distance between the satellites further to 15m and then 3m from each other before docking them. </p> .<p>If the mission is successful, India will be the fourth member to join the elite club of nations possessing space docking technology after the US, China, and Russia. </p><p> SpaDeX is aimed at developing and demonstrating crucial technology required to dock and undock spacecrafts in space and is crucial for India’s lunar missions like India’s manned mission to the moon, Gaganyaan, sample return from the Moon, and the building and operation of the planned Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS). </p> <p>After successful docking and rigidisation, electrical power transfer between the two satellites will be demonstrated before their undocking and separation to start the operation of their respective payloads for the expected mission life of up to two years, scientists said, adding that in-space docking technology is essential when multiple rocket launches are required to achieve common mission objectives. </p> <p>The mission will also demonstrate several indigenous technologies, including a sophisticated docking mechanism, rendezvous and docking sensors, power transfer technology, autonomous rendezvous and docking strategy, and inter-satellite communication link (ISL) for autonomous communication between spacecraft. </p>
<p>Chennai: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/isro">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> (ISRO) on Thursday night said the drift between two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites has been arrested and that the spacecraft are expected to reach initialisation conditions by Friday. </p><p>However, the space agency didn't say when the docking of the satellites, which was postponed twice this week, would take place. </p><p> “The drift has been arrested and spacecrafts put in a slow drift course to move closer to each other. By tomorrow, it is expected to reach initialisation conditions,” the ISRO said in a terse update. </p> .ISRO postpones docking of SpaDeX satellites again.<p>Hours before the docking was to take place, scientists found out that the drift was more than expected while making a manoeuvre on Wednesday night. </p><p>“While making a manoeuvre to reach 225 m between satellites, the drift was found to be more than expected, post non-visibility period. The planned docking for tomorrow is postponed. Satellites are safe,” the ISRO had said on Wednesday.</p><p> The plan is to reduce the distance between the satellites further to 15m and then 3m from each other before docking them. </p> .<p>If the mission is successful, India will be the fourth member to join the elite club of nations possessing space docking technology after the US, China, and Russia. </p><p> SpaDeX is aimed at developing and demonstrating crucial technology required to dock and undock spacecrafts in space and is crucial for India’s lunar missions like India’s manned mission to the moon, Gaganyaan, sample return from the Moon, and the building and operation of the planned Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS). </p> <p>After successful docking and rigidisation, electrical power transfer between the two satellites will be demonstrated before their undocking and separation to start the operation of their respective payloads for the expected mission life of up to two years, scientists said, adding that in-space docking technology is essential when multiple rocket launches are required to achieve common mission objectives. </p> <p>The mission will also demonstrate several indigenous technologies, including a sophisticated docking mechanism, rendezvous and docking sensors, power transfer technology, autonomous rendezvous and docking strategy, and inter-satellite communication link (ISL) for autonomous communication between spacecraft. </p>