The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday said that the two SpaDeX satellites are now at a distance of 1.5 km from each other.
“SpaDeX Docking Update: Spacecrafts are at a distance of 1.5 km and on hold mode. Further drift to 500 m is planned to be achieved by tomorrow morning,” ISRO posed on X.
ISRO on January 9 had arrested the drift between the spacecraft after the drift between the satellites was found more than expected while making a maneuver to reach 225 m between satellites. This had led to the postponement of the SpaDeX docking experiment which was scheduled to be done on January 8. This was the second time ISRO postponed the docking experiment.
The docking of the two satellites was initially scheduled for January 7 but was postponed to January 9. The space agency has not announced the new date and time for the experiment.
Published – January 10, 2025 08:50 pm IST
