ISRO intends to begin a controlled drift to bring the spacecraft closer, reducing the gap to 500 meters by tomorrow morning.

The SpaDeX mission is a critical technology demonstrator aimed at showcasing India's capabilities in in-space docking.

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.

The SpaDeX mission aims to demonstrate critical technology for autonomous docking in space, a capability essential for future missions.

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.

The two satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for a space docking experiment may soon attain the conditions needed to commence the mission. The docking experiment, originally scheduled for Thursday, was postponed after the satellites drifted more than expected during a manoeuvre to reduce the distance between them.

If the ISRO succeeds in its mission, India will become the fourth country in the world to have space docking technology.

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.

India’s space agency, Isro, launched its SpaDeX mission on Monday night, which will see two satellites docking and undocking. The success of this experiment will put the country in an elite club of nations capable of such a manoeuvre.

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

The ambitious space docking experiment has been deferred twice: from January 7 to January 9, and then on January 9 eve.