♦ The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on 16 January 2025 that India has successfully achieved space docking.

♦ With this latest achievement, India joins the ranks of only three other countries - Russia, the United States, and China - that have successfully conducted space docking. The docking was part of the SpaDeX mission, a significant milestone for India’s space exploration program.

♦ Post-docking, ISRO reported that control of the two satellites as a single object was successfully established. The organization also noted that undocking and power transfer checks would follow in the coming days.

♦ The SpaDeX mission also aimed to showcase the transfer of electric power between the docked spacecraft, a technology that will be vital for in-space robotics, spacecraft control, and payload operations following undocking.

♦ On December 30, ISRO had launched the PSLV-C60 rocket carrying SpaDeX along with other innovative payloads.