It's unbelievable : ISRO undocks two Spadex satellites (VIDEO)

Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday scripted a new history and achieved a significant milestone in its space endeavour when it successfully undocked two mated Satellites launched as part of the Spadex docking experimental Mission.

The key sequence of events were SDX-2 extension successful; Capture Lever 3 released as planned; Capture Lever in SDX-2 disengaged and Decapture command issued in SDX-1 & SDX-2.

"FINALLY, SUCCESSFUL UNDOCKING! Congratulations, Team ISRO!", it wrote.

Meanwhile, Union Minister for Science and Technolocy Dr Jitendra Singh termed the undocking as unbelieavable and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's continuous patronage keeps the spirits soaring.

This successful undocking paves the way for smooth conduct of ambitious future missions including the Bharatiya Antriksha Station, Chandrayaan 4 and Gaganyaan mission.

"Congrats team #ISRO. And heartening for every India, he wrote on X.

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Congrats team #ISRO. And heartening for every Indian !#SPADEX Satellites accomplished the unbelievable De-Docking… This paves the way for smooth conduct of ambitious future missions including the Bharatiya Antriksha Station, Chandrayaan 4 & Gaganyaan. PM Sh @narendramodi’s…

— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) March 13, 2025 >

"#SPADEX Satellites accomplished the unbelievable De-Docking…This paves the way for smooth conduct of ambitious future missions including the Bharatiya Antriksha Station, Chandrayaan 4 & Gaganyaan. PM Shri @narendramodi’s continuous patronage keeps the spirits soaring".

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Spadex undocking captured from both SDX-1 & SDX-2! 

Watch the spectacular views of this successful separation in orbit.

Congratulations to India on this milestone!  #Spadex #ISRO #SpaceTech pic.twitter.com/7u158tgKSG

— ISRO (@isro) March 13, 2025 >