🚀 Welcome back, Sunita Williams! 🌍
Your safe return after an extended mission aboard the ISS is a remarkable achievement. A testament to NASA, SpaceX, and the USA’s commitment to space exploration! Your resilience and dedication continue to inspire space enthusiasts around the world. As Secretary DoS and Chairman ISRO, I on behalf of my colleagues extend a warm greetings to you and wish you a great day ahead. When Bharat under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Modi ji is working towards making India as a developed country, we wish to utilise your expertise in the space exploration.
#SunitaWilliams #NASA #SpaceX #ISRO #SpaceExploration
A Picture of Possibility, Future of Space based SSA. 🚀
When we started, doubt was our first companion. Was it even possible for us to achieve what we had set out to do? Space doesn’t reward hesitation. It demands precision, resilience, and belief especially when the odds seem impossible.
And yet, here we are. The first raw image from SCOT-1 clicked above South America!
Congratulations to @isro on the historic 100th launch!
This incredible milestone illustrates the vision, dedication and commitment of our scientists and engineers.
With the private sector joining hands, India’s space journey will continue to attain new heights.
We are truly honored and grateful for the appreciation from our esteemed Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi Ji, for Mission SCOT.
This is a proud moment for everyone at Digantara, and I am incredibly proud to be a part of this remarkable journey.
#MissionSCOT#SpaceTech
Kudos to Indian space startup @Digantarahq at the success of Mission SCOT. This is an important contribution of the growing Indian space industry towards enhancing space situational awareness.
🛰️ Mission SCOT has successfully established contact with our ground station! Solar panel arrays are deployed, power levels are positive, and stabilization is on point.
Our focus now shifts to commissioning the satellite, preparing it for its core mission: precise object tracking and imaging in LEO.
Over the coming weeks, our team will meticulously fine-tune SCOT, ensuring it’s mission-ready for this endeavor.
A remarkable start to the year for the entire team!
SpaDeX Docking Update:
🌟Docking Success
Spacecraft docking successfully completed! A historic moment.
Let’s walk through the SpaDeX docking process:
Manoeuvre from 15m to 3m hold point completed. Docking initiated with precision, leading to successful spacecraft capture. Retraction completed smoothly, followed by rigidisation for stability. Docking successfully completed.
India became the 4th country to achieve successful Space Docking.
Congratulations to the entire team! Congratulations to India!
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#SPADEX #ISRO
Mission SCOT is now operational. The satellite is healthy, stable, and streaming flawless telemetry. Watching it from our Mission Control is a moment we’ll never forget.
What an incredible experience! Kudos to the amazing team that turned this into reality. @the_wolfmeister@TanC53
About 8 minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, announcing its arrival with a sonic boom unique to reusable vehicles returning from space
Years ago, we lost a satellite to space debris. That loss sparked a question: What if we could track every object in orbit with unmatched precision? What if we could build Maps for Space?
Fast forward to today, T-7 hours to Mission SCOT, a commercial space-based surveillance mission that will change how humanity operates in space. Built to detect and catalog objects moving at orbital speeds, paving a way for safer, more secure space operations.
The new era of space navigation starts now!
Heading towards docking !! 🚀
Captured at ~3:06 PM IST today, just before local sunrise: SpaDeX-A & SpaDeX-B are now separated by approximately 400 meters at max elevation.