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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Surat's 16.95-carat artwork with 32 lab-grown diamonds travels to space on India's Vikram-1 rocket, claims historic first

A Surat-based jewellery company has claimed that its lotus-shaped lab-grown diamond design is now travelling in space aboard Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket, marking what it says is the first time diamonds from India's diamond city have been sent into orbit.

The claim comes after Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1, India's first privately developed orbital rocket, under Mission Aagaman from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota.

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