ISRO Spadex Docking Launch Photos Update | Sriharikota | ISRO will add two spacecraft faster than the speed of a bullet in space: Launch of Spacex mission at 10 pm, the success of bringing samples from the moon depends on it.

Spacex mission process: Launch from PSLV rocket, then docking 470 km above

The mission includes two small spacecraft, Target and Chaser. These will be launched into separate orbits at an altitude of 470 km from the PSLV-C60 rocket.

After deployment, the speed of the spacecraft will be around 28,800 kilometers per hour. This speed is 36 times the speed of a commercial aircraft and 10 times the speed of a bullet.

Now the target and chaser spacecraft will begin the far-range rendezvous phase. In this phase, there will be no direct communication link between the two spacecraft. These will be guided from the ground.

The spacecraft will come closer. Will use laser range finder when measuring distances between 5km to 0.25km. Docking camera will be used for the range of 300 meters to 1 meter. The visual camera will be used at a distance of 1 meter to 0 meter.

After successful docking, electrical power transfer between the two spacecraft will be demonstrated. Then there will be undocking of the spacecrafts and both of them will start the operation of their respective payloads. This will continue to provide valuable data for about two years.

The spacecraft will be docked at an altitude of 470 km above the Earth. ISRO has shared an animated video of the docking.

Camera in Spacecraft A and two payloads in Spacecraft B.

For the standalone mission phase after docking experiments, Spacecraft A carries the High Resolution Camera (HRC). Spacecraft B carries two payloads – the Miniature Multispectral (MMX) payload and the Radiation Monitor (RadMon). These payloads will provide high resolution images, natural resource monitoring, vegetation studies and on-orbit radiation environment measurements which have many applications.

Why mission is necessary: ​​The success of missions like Chandrayaan-4 depends on this

• The technology will be used in Chandrayaan-4 mission in which samples from the Moon will be brought back to Earth.
• Docking technology will also be required to build a space station and then to travel there.
• This technology is necessary for satellite servicing, interplanetary missions and sending humans to the moon.

India took patent on its docking mechanism

This docking mechanism has been named ‘Indian Docking System’. ISRO has also taken a patent on this docking system. India had to develop its own docking mechanism because no space agency shared the details of this extremely complex process.

24 payloads are also being sent to the mission for experiment.

24 payloads are also being sent in this mission for experiments in microgravity. These payloads will be carried in the fourth stage of the PSLV rocket called POEM (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module). 14 payloads are from ISRO and 10 payloads are from Non-Government Organizations (NGEs).

America docked for the first time on March 16, 1966

• The first docking of two spacecraft in space was accomplished on March 16, 1966, in the Gemini VIII mission. The Gemini VIII spacecraft docked with the Agena target vehicle, which had been launched earlier the same day.
• The Soviet Union, now Russia, first docked two spacecraft in space on October 30, 1967. The unmanned Kosmos 186 and 188 were then automatically docked. The docking was an important step in the Soviet Union’s return to flight program.
• China’s first space docking occurred on November 2, 2011, when the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space lab module. The docking took place at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu, China.

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