The maneuver to bring the satellites to a distance of 500 metres from each other is likely to be achieved on Saturday, the agency said in a statement.

ISRO's SpaDeX mission takes a crucial step forward despite delays, as the spacecraft begin a slow drift course to prepare for India's first space docking experiment.

India's space agency ISRO postponed a highly anticipated space docking mission for the second time late Wednesday. The agency cited an issue arising from excess drift between the satellites, without disclosing a new date for the docking.

The SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) mission is intended to be a technology demonstrator for the docking of two small spacecraft launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on December 30.

Sharing the timeline over SpaDex mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said that the drifts between the satellites involved in the docking experiment have been arrested and the conditons for the docking initialisation experiment will likely begin tomorrow.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced a delay in its ambitious Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), owing to an unexpected drift between the two mission satellites. The issue was identified during a maneuver aimed at reducing the distance between the satellites to 225 meters.

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed the much-awaited docking of two satellites under the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mi

The docking procedure of the SPADEX spacecrafts have been delayed by a couple of days, ISRO announced on January 6. Originally scheduled for January 7, the docking will now take place on January 9 after an abort scenario was identified by the mission team.

ISRO's space docking experiment has so far missed two publicly announced schedules, on January 7 and January 9.

ISRO is planning to carry out its ambitious space docking experiment using two satellites in orbit. If the ISRO succeeds in its mission, India will become the