Indian rocket blasts off for country's first space-docking mission

The rocket, which took off from a site north of Chennai, places two satellites in orbit.

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Docking is crucial for manned travel to the Moon or supporting a space station.

Announcing "the successful accomplishment" of the launch, Indian Space Research Organisation chief Sreedhara Somanath said the rocket had "placed the satellites in the right orbit".

The two spacecraft began testing processes on Tuesday and the final docking will take place around 7 January.

India hopes to become only the fourth country with such technology, after Russia, the United States and China.

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