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Watch India launch 2 satellites on a space docking test flight on Dec. 30 (video)

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India 's Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) will launch on Monday ( Dec. 30 ) The mission will launch two small satellites on a mission to test autonomous docking technology.

The mission also includes a secondary payload module with 24 different experiments aboard, including a small robotic arm.

Docking technology will be vital ISRO 's planned Chandrayaan-4 mission to the moon.

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