CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Telangana will have the first Integrated Rocket Design, Manufacturing, and Testing Facility of the country in Hyderabad by Skyroot Aerospace. The state IT Minister K. Tarakarama Rao has assured the start-up of complete support for establishing the facility to design, manufacture, and test rockets in the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Telangana’s IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao on said the state will have the country’s first integrated rocket design, manufacturing and testing facility.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vikram-S, India’s first privately-developed rocket lifted off on November 18, 2022, and made history by becoming the country’s first private rocket to be launched into space.

Detailed explanation-4: -A horizontal integration facility (HIF) is an integration facility where missiles and rockets are assembled before launch.

Detailed explanation-5: -India’s space programme has soared into new skies as country’s first privately developed rocket-Vikram-S launched on Friday by ISRO.