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Indian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it's all according to plan

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The Indian Space Research Organisation deorbited an experiment module just months after launching into orbit.

The experiment platform launched into space on Dec. 30 on an ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle as part of the country's Space Docking Experiment mission, also known as SPADEX .

ISRO officials directed the rocket stage to maneuver into a collision course with the Indian Ocean .