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A startup's journey is often referred to as a rocket launch because of the difficulties and risks of creating one. Now it all seems to make total sense– quite literally – after the Hyderabad-based space tech startup?Skyroot Aerospace?launched?India's first private rocket into space, creating history and marking the beginning of a new era in the Indian space ecosystem – aka mission 'Prarambh.'?
Skyroot's?co-founder and IIT-Kharagpur alumnus Pawan Kumar Chandana said that this mission symbolises India's first rocket launch and the potential of a new India. "This is a small step by a startup and a great leap for the Indian space industry. It's just the platform of a great future," he added, speaking during the launch of the Vikram-S rocket at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
He credited the launch's success to one of India's most renowned physicists and astronomers, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, alongside ISRO, IN-SPACe and others. The six-feet Vikram-S successfully carried three payloads of Chennai-based startup?SpaceKidz, Vijayawada-based?N-SpaceTech, and Armenian?BazoomQ Space Research Lab?into low Earth orbit.?
Not just Skyroot, the Indian space regulator?IN-SPACe?has about 30 applications waiting for approval in the launch segmentation activities and close to 300 entries expressing interest in?carrying out business?and other activities in the space sector.
This is just the beginning of India's space ecosystem. In the coming weeks – i.e., on November 26, 2022,?Dhruva Space?and?Pixxel, also part of IN-SPACe, will launch their payloads on board a PSLV.?
To infinity and beyond
There is no stopping India from reaching?new heights in space exploration. The next most talked about maiden crewed mission, 'Gaganyaan,' is also inching closer. It is expected to be completed in 2024. The spacecraft will carry three astronauts to low Earth orbit.
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