Bengaluru, July 14 -- Former Scientist and Professor at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, RC Kapoor, on Monday, said that docking requires very accurate and carefully orchestrated manoeuvres. It is not a simple process of two spacecraft coming together, as even a slight firing of thrusters alters the orbit and creates a positional mismatch between the chaser and the target.

Speaking to ANI, Kapoor said, "Docking requires very accurate and carefully orchestrated manoeuvres. It is not so easy. As you remember, when the docking was about to take place, there was a lot of tension. It's not a simple matter of just bringing two objects together. Each time a thruster fires, the orbit changes slightly. So there's always a slight mismatch between...