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India achieves 'historic' space docking mission

Space Daily Thursday, 16 January 2025
Bengaluru, India (AFP) Jan 16, 2025

India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. The satellites, weighing 220 kilograms (485 pounds) each, blasted off in December on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they separated. The two satellites were manoeuvred back together on Thursday in a "precisi
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India Achieves Historic Space Docking, Joins Elite Space Club With Unmanned Success | Watch 03:01

 India has successfully completed its first unmanned space docking, becoming the fourth nation in the world to achieve this feat. The Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) demonstrated the docking of two small spacecraft, called Target and Chaser, launched on December 30. This achievement strengthens...

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