ISRO ibonise ngempumelelo isakhono sokumisa isithuba ngokudibanisa iziphekepheke ezibini (nganye inobunzima obumalunga nama-220 kg) esithubeni.
I-space docking idala indlela yokungena moya yokudluliselwa okukhuselekileyo kwezinto okanye abasebenzi phakathi kweenqwelo-moya ezimbini. Obu bubuchwephesha obubalulekileyo bokwakha isikhululo sendawo kunye nemishini ukuya enyangeni.
I-SpaDeX (i-Space Docking Experiment) mission ye ISRO iqulathe iziphekepheke ezimbini ze-SDX01 (okanye i-Chaser) kunye ne-SDX02 (okanye iThagethi). Yaziswa ngerokethi enye ngomhla wama-30 kuDisemba 2024. Ezi ziphekepheke zimbini zabekwa emajukujukwini ngesantya esahlukileyo ukuze zikwazi ukuba kumgama we-10 ukuya kuma-20 km.
Ngomhla we-16 kuJanuwari 2025, ezi ziphekepheke zimbini zaqhutywa ukuze kucuthwe umgama phakathi kwazo. I-Chaser yasondela ngokuthe ngcembe kwiThagethi, iziqhagamshelo zazo zadityaniswa kunye, kwaye iziphekepheke ezibini zajijwa ekudaleni ipaseji engangeni moya yokuhanjiswa okukhuselekileyo kwemathiriyeli okanye abasebenzi, begqibezela indawo yokumisa.
Oku kwenza Indiya ilizwe lesine emva kwe-United States, i-Russia kunye ne-China ukuba ne-teknoloji ye-docking yendawo eqinisekisiweyo.
Inyathelo elilandelayo liya kukhutshelwa kwamandla ombane ukusuka kwisiphekepheke seChaser ukuya kwisiphekepheke ekuJoliswe kuso esibonisa amandla okuthumela iziphekepheke ukuya kunceda esinye isiphekepheke esisemajukujukwini. Inyathelo lokugqibela liya kuba ngumboniso wokukhutshwa kunye nokwahlulwa kweziphekepheke zimbini.
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Imithombo:
- ISRO. Ukukhutshwa kweendaba- I-SpaDeX Mission. Ifumaneka e https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_SpaDeX.html
- ISRO. Incwadana yeMishini ye-SPADEX. Ifumaneka e https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/PSLVC60/PSLVC60-mission-brochure-english.pdf
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