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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vikram-S, India’s first private rocket, was designed by ____ .
A
Skyroot Aerospace
B
Solar India
C
Pixel
D
Agnikul
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vikram-S is India’s first privately built rocket. It’s maiden flight lifted on 18 November 2022 at 11 A.M. from Sounding Rocket Complex, Sriharikota . The development of rocket was done by Skyroot Aerospace.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 18 November 2022 Skyroot Aerospace performed the maiden launch of its Vikram-S suborbital rocket, becoming the first Indian private company to reach outer space (apogee was 89.5 km).

Detailed explanation-3: -India launched its inaugural flight to space on November 21, 1963, with a sodium vapour payload. Dr. Sarabhai then started a project for the fabrication and launch of an Indian satellite. As a result, the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, was put in orbit in 1975 from a Russian Cosmodrome.

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