First privately built Indian space rocket launches
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The half-tonne Vikram-S rocket launched before midday local time and travelled in an arc.
The first privately developed Indian rocket lifted off into the upper reaches of the atmosphere on Friday, in another milestone in the country's push to become a major space power.The half-tonne Vikram-S rocket launched before midday local time and travelled in an arc, live footage from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) showed. It safely splashed down into the sea six minutes later, according to the agency. The rocket, developed by local startup Skyroot Aerospace, reached a peak altitude of 90 kilometres (55 miles), below the internationally recognised 100-km Karman line that separates Earth from outer space."It is indeed a new beginning, a new dawn... in the journey of India'...