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02:38We had two satellites, Chaser and Target.
02:41The Chaser satellite, which was 20 km away earlier,
02:45was brought closer by 5 km, 5 km to 1.5 km.
02:50All this exercise was done earlier.
02:52And now, from 15 m distance,
02:54we brought it to 3 m distance,
02:56which is called the hold point.
02:58From there, the Chaser spacecraft,
03:02of the Spade X-1 mission,
03:04we tried to capture it.
03:07And it was very successful.
03:09And after that, there is the process of rigidization.
03:12So, that has also been completed well.
03:15And now, the Chaser and Target satellites,
03:17both are docked and roaming as a composite.
03:21Some minor hitches,
03:23after doing the data analysis,
03:25our final goal,
03:27one was to experiment with the inter-satellite link
03:30when it was 5 km away.
03:32And all these maneuvers have already been done.
03:35The last maneuver is of power transfer.
03:37Power transfer from one satellite to another satellite.
03:40So, the process of rigidization,
03:42after analyzing the data,
03:45that attempt will be done again in 1-2 days.
03:49And after that, the power transfer experiment,
03:53will be completed and then undocking.
03:56That means, both the satellites,
03:57which are now connected as a composite,
03:59will be separated.
04:01And then, they will go their own way,
04:03where our final aim is that,
04:06the design life,
04:08for the next 2-3 years,
04:10remote sensing cameras will be operated,
04:13so that the mission of remote sensing,
04:16will be accomplished.
04:18The main objective of the Spadex-1 mission,
04:21the space docking experiment,
04:23today, we have achieved its main success.
04:27And India has become the 4th country in the world,
04:30which has achieved this success.
04:32And the main contribution has been,
04:35the satellite center of URSC Bangalore,
04:42URSC Bangalore,
04:44has played a major role in this,
04:46because both the satellites are built there.
04:48And the whole mechanism,
04:50the whole docking experiment,
04:52the algorithms,
04:53its development,
04:54control, navigation, guidance system,
04:56all that has been developed there.
04:58And the other center involved,