SPADEXSpace Docking Experiment

Success ISRO, PSLV-CA

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Mission

Technology · LEO

SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) technology mission to demonstrate autonomous docking between 2 spacecraft in orbit. The mission will involve two spacecraft (Chaser and Target) rendezvous and docking together, plus testing attitude control of the…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
SDX01 2024-253A Payload re-entered 2026-10-12
SDX02 2024-253B Payload re-entered 2026-10-12
POEM-4 2024-253C Payload re-entered 2025-04-04

COSPAR ID 2024-253 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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