Feb 19, 2020, 01:04PM IST

Source: TNN

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will be splitting up a satellite and then re-uniting it in space this year. This Space Docking Experiment (SPADEX) will play a key role in realising technologies for future human missions and the proposed space station. Isro chairman K Sivan said, 'The satellite we will launch will have two components. It will be separated into two pieces and then they will get docked into a single piece. This single unit will then function as a full-fledged satellite. This is a very crucial technology. We are working on space station, which is a long-term project, but the immediate focus is on big missions like Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan, and other satellite launches. The satellite will be ready by mid-year but then we have a lot of tests to be done. The experimental launch may happen towards the end of this year.'