• SpaceX has successfully launched the seventh test flight of its flagship Starship program from the Starbase in Texas on January 16
• While the Super Heavy booster was caught by the lunch tower on its return for the second time successfully, the mission had a partial failure as the Starship itself was lost after reaching its intended orbit
• ISRO has successfully completed its SPADEX docking demonstration on January 16 after carefully bringing the two satellites together since their launch on December 30 on a PSLV launcher
• ISRO has successfully launched its SPADEX mission into an LEO from the SDSC-SHAR, Shriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on December 30
• The mission carries a target and a chaser satellite, which would dock with each other while orbiting the earth on a latter date