India, March 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
ISRO is studying two orbital docking experiments viz., SPADEX-2 replicating the docking in highly elliptical orbit meeting Chandrayaan-4 (Lunar Sample Return) mission and SPADEX-3 replicating docking in circular orbit as a precursor mission for docking in Bharatiya Space Station;
The SPADEX mission demonstrates complex technologies related to rendezvous and docking, which is critical for crewed mission in crew transfer, propellant/fluid/power transfer, etc. Validating such technologies in orbit, paves way for undertaking complex operations such as docking of Gaganyaan module to space stations like Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), routine crew transfer, etc.
Scope exists f...