OrbitAID to launch space docking mission by end of 2026 |
New Delhi: Chennai-based New Space startup lost its AyulSAT mission when ISRO’s PSLC-C62 flight deviated from its flight path after a planned coast of the upper stage. Ayul means ‘life’ in Tamil, and the mission was supposed to demonstrate the Standard Interface for Docking and Refueling Port (SIDRP) developed by OrbitAID to internally transfer fuel, data and power. This interface, in theory, allows for one satellite to mate with a cooperating target satellite that has the port, to service it in orbit and extend its operational........