SpaDeX satellites placed 230m apart

THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday corrected the drift anomaly between the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites by closing the distance between them to 230 metres.

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This puts the two satellites, SDX01 (the chaser) and SDX02 (the target) on the way to the much-awaited docking, although ISRO did not specify when that would happen. ISRO took to 'X' on Saturday, stating, "Arrested at Inter Satellite Distance (ISD) of 230 mtr, all sensors (of SDX01 and SDX02) are being evaluated. Spacecraft's health is normal."