India’s first private rocket Vikram-S lifts off from SHAR Range

India’s first private

rocket Vikram-S, named Prarambh, took off from the SHAR

Range

here at 1130 hrs.

After a short three hour countdown, the six m tall suborbital

launch vehicle, with a lift off mass 545 kg and powered by

solid fuel, and carrying three payloads, lifted off from the

Sound Rocket Launch Pad here, heralding a new milestone

in India’s space programme.