🔆 Vikram-1: India’s First Privately Developed Orbital Rocket
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 successfully placed multiple technology demonstration payloads into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) under Mission Aagaman.
📍 Key Features
✅ Multi-stage orbital launch vehicle with an all-carbon composite structure.
✅ Powered by indigenously developed propulsion systems, including 3D-printed engines.
✅ Configuration: Three solid stages + a liquid orbital adjustment module.
✅ Designed to carry small satellites weighing up to 350 kg to LEO.
📍 Significance
✅ Makes India only the third country to achieve orbital launch capability through a privately developed launch vehicle.
✅ Marks a major milestone in expanding private-sector participation and innovation in India’s space ecosystems
#ScienceAndTechnology
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 successfully placed multiple technology demonstration payloads into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) under Mission Aagaman.
📍 Key Features
✅ Multi-stage orbital launch vehicle with an all-carbon composite structure.
✅ Powered by indigenously developed propulsion systems, including 3D-printed engines.
✅ Configuration: Three solid stages + a liquid orbital adjustment module.
✅ Designed to carry small satellites weighing up to 350 kg to LEO.
📍 Significance
✅ Makes India only the third country to achieve orbital launch capability through a privately developed launch vehicle.
✅ Marks a major milestone in expanding private-sector participation and innovation in India’s space ecosystems
#ScienceAndTechnology
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3. Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh yesterday launched the Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme and the SAMARTH Panchayat Portal in New Delhi.
4. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav yesterday attended the Balram Krishi Mahotsav in Khandwa district. On the occasion, the Chief Minister transferred over 3,300 crore to the bank accounts of more than 82 lakh farmers under the Chief Minister Kisan Kalyan Yojana. He also felicitated progressive farmers adopting modern agricultural practices.
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