India's Quiet Space Revolution Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone call to the team behind Skyroot Aerospace's successful Vikram 1 mission has been hailed as a testament to the government's commitment to supporting homegrown innovation in space technology.
The recent success of this privately built satellite launch is being celebrated across the country, and for good reason.
Skyroot Aerospace, an Hyderabad based startup founded by former NIT students, achieved what many thought impossible: putting a privately built satellite into orbit using its Vikram 1 rocket.