SCL’s docking experiment launched
The Semi-Conductor Laboratory Mohali had reason to celebrate as the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) launched its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDex) onboard a PSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Monday.
The Mohali facility has indigenously designed and fabricated radiation hardened devices, Vikram 3201 and 2Mb SRAM, in the PSLV-CA C60, which carried two small spacecraft-A (SDX01) and Spacecraft B (SDX02), each weighing approximately 220 kg.
The space mission was aimed to demonstrate crucial technologies for India’s future human spaceflight programmes.
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