'I saw launch live, you have inspired youth': PM Modi calls Skyroot team, hails success of mission
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Skyroot Aerospace team after it successfully carried six payloads including two satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Skyroot Aerospace team after it successfully carried six payloads including two satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard Vikram-1."Congratulations to Pawan, Bharat and the rest of the team.
Your feat will inspire youngsters to come forward. I was watching the entire launch program today. Your entire Skyroot Aerospace team looks they are of 25-30 years of age," PM Modi was heard
saying during the telephonic exchange.The Prime Minister also sent a postcard bearing 'Vande Mataram' aboard Vikram-1, noting to the Skyroot team that the mission coincides with the 150th anniversary of the iconic national
song.The mission marks a major milestone for India's commercial space sector and opens a new chapter at Sriharikota, 46 years after ISRO successfully launched the country's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV-3, into orbit.
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