ISRO ya samu nasarar nuna iya dokin sararin samaniya ta hanyar hada jiragen sama guda biyu (kowannen nauyin kilogiram 220) a sararin samaniya.
Doke sararin samaniya yana haifar da hanyar da ba ta da iska don amintaccen canja wurin abu ko ma'aikatan jirgin tsakanin jiragen sama biyu. Wannan fasaha ce mai mahimmanci don gina tashar sararin samaniya da manufa zuwa wata.
The SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) manufa na ISRO ya ƙunshi jiragen sama guda biyu SDX01 (ko Chaser) da SDX02 (ko Target). An harba shi ne a kan roka guda a ranar 30 ga watan Disambar 2024. An sanya jiragen guda biyu a sararin samaniya masu saurin gudu daban-daban don ba su damar kasancewa a nisan kilomita 10 zuwa 20.
A ranar 16 ga watan Janairun 2025, an yi amfani da jiragen biyu don rage tazara a tsakaninsu. A hankali mai Chaser ya tunkari Target, masu haɗin haɗin su sun haɗa tare, kuma jiragen biyu sun dunƙule a kan ƙirƙirar hanyar da ba ta da iska don canja wurin abu ko ma'aikatan jirgin cikin aminci, tare da kammala tashar jiragen ruwa.
Wannan ya sa India Kasa ta hudu bayan Amurka da Rasha da China da ke da ingantacciyar fasahar kutse sararin samaniya.
Mataki na gaba shine canja wurin wutar lantarki daga kumbon Chaser zuwa kumbon Target wanda ke nuna ikon aika jiragen sama don yi wa wani jirgin sama hidima. Mataki na ƙarshe shine nunin kwancewa da kuma raba jiragen biyu.
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Sources:
- ISRO. Sakin manema labarai- Ofishin Jakadancin SpaDeX. Akwai a https://www.isro.gov.in/mission_SpaDeX.html
- ISRO. Kasidar Ofishin Jakadancin SPADEX. Akwai a https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/PSLVC60/PSLVC60-mission-brochure-english.pdf
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