India has achieved its second successful satellite docking under ISRO’s SpaDex mission. The docking was confirmed on April 21, 2025, by Union Minister Jitendra Singh. The first docking happened on January 16, 2025, after the mission launched on December 30, 2024. More experiments are planned in the coming weeks. India becomes the fourth nation globally to demonstrate this space technology.

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• ISRO completes second successful satellite docking under SpaDex mission.
• Announced by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on April 21, 2025.
• First docking took place on January 16, 2025.
• Satellites undocked on March 13, 2025.
• More tests planned in next two weeks.
• India now 4th country to achieve satellite docking in space.
• PSLV-C60 launched SpaDex mission on Dec 30, 2024.
• Carried 2 main satellites (SDX01 & SDX02) + 24 payloads.
• Satellites placed in 475 km circular orbit, each ~220 kg.
• SpaDex is a cost-effective tech demo for in-space docking.