India is no longer just a follower but is now setting global benchmarks, offering leadership and pioneering innovations across sectors, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning extended his wishes as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a historic feat by successfully concluding the docking process of two satellites.
Two satellites came as close as three metres in a trial attempt for space docking and are now moving back, the Indian space agency said on Sunday.
Following the successful launch of the SpaDeX mission, Union Minister of state Jitendra Singh stated that India has become the fourth country to join the select league of nations to achieve space docking through its own indigenously developed "Bharatiya Docking System."
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aims to launch the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission, aboard the PSLV-C60 rocket, at 21:58 IST from Sriharikota on December 30.
