Anil Bedag Mumbai: India’s private space sector marked a historic milestone as the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket, Vikram-1, built by Skyroot Aerospace, was formally flagged off for its journey to the launch site. The ambitious mission was inaugurated by Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the company’s Max-Q campus in Hyderabad. State IT, Electronics, and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu was also present at the event. During the ceremony, the Chief Minister flagged off the rocket’s space-ready payload fairing—an essential structure that ensures the safety of satellites…
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