Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu lauded ISRO’s profitable PSLV-C60 mission, hailing it as a ‘milestone’ in India’s house exploration journey and a step nearer to advancing human spaceflight capabilities.
Congratulations to @isro on the profitable PSLV-C60 mission from Sriharikota, marking one other house milestone! SpaDeX (Area Docking Experiment) is a pioneering mission to determine India’s functionality in orbital docking, a vital step for future human spaceflight and satellite tv for pc… pic.twitter.com/CMBOTdkfwP
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) December 30, 2024
In a put up on X, Mr Naidu mentioned,” Congratulations to @isro on the profitable PSLV-C60 mission from Sriharikota, marking one other house milestone! SpaDeX (Area Docking Experiment) is a pioneering mission to determine India’s functionality in orbital docking, a vital step for future human spaceflight and satellite tv for pc servicing.
“This success has propelled India nearer to formidable objectives like Chandrayaan-4, Moon pattern return, and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station,” Mr Naidu added.
In a major milestone, ISRO on Monday launched PSLV-C60 with SpaDeX and progressive payloads from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
ISRO’s year-end mission is historic because it seeks the uncommon feat of docking or merging or becoming a member of collectively two satellites in house. The mission has been named “Area Docking Experiment” (SpaDeX).
The primary stage efficiency is regular.
SpaDeX mission is a cheap expertise demonstrator mission for the demonstration of in-space docking utilizing two small spacecraft launched by PSLV. The first goal of the SpaDeX mission is to develop and show the expertise wanted for rendezvous, docking, and undocking of two small spacecraft (SDX01, which is the Chaser, and SDX02, the Goal, nominally) in a low-Earth round orbit.
The technological problem has been mastered solely by just a few international locations and the indigenous expertise used for this mission is known as the “Bharatiya Docking System”.
“The success of this mission is important for India’s future house ambitions,” Science and Expertise Minister Jitendra Singh had mentioned earlier.
Docking expertise is vital for long-term missions like “Chandrayaan-4” and the deliberate Indian house station. Additionally it is essential for the eventual manned “Gaganyaan” mission.
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