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Explained: Vikram-I, the country’s first private rocket unveiled by PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the country’s first private rocket, named Vikram-I. Built by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, the multi-stage launch vehicle is as tall as a seven-storey building and boasts a capacity to place payloads of around 300 kilogrammes in low Earth orbit

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