The flight, a 90km sub-orbital jaunt, was over in minutes. But for India the rocket launched by Skyroot Aerospace on November 18th, the first by a private company in the country, was a moonshot. Numerous other flights in the coming months will signal an industry ready for take-off.
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Satellites built by two Indian companies are set to be sent into space on November 26th, carried on a rocket launched by India’s
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