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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National

India's first pvt rocket to place tech payloads, postcard from PM into orbit

India's first privately developed orbital rocket, Skyroot Aerospace' Vikram-1 will on Saturday soar into a low earth orbit (LEO) to place multiple technology demonstration payloads--both domestic and foreign.

Besides, it will also deploy a micro-art payload and a handwritten postcard from Prime Minister Narendra Modi bearing the message "Vande Mataram", along with postcards from engineers, scientists, and Indian astronauts.

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