Chairman of IN-SPACe, Pawan Goenka on Friday hailed the taking off of the rocket Vikram-S, which is developed by Skyroot Aerospace from the Sriharikota spaceport, and said that the launch was primarily to demonstrate the capability of 'Skyroot Aerospace'.
Vikram-S, India's first-ever privately developed rocket successfully lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on Friday morning. The lift-off of the Vikram Suborbital rocket took place at 11:30 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.