Telangana will have first integrated rocket facility in nation

Tags: State News

Telangana IT and Industries Minister K. T. Rama Rao announced on November 25 that the country's first integrated rocket design, manufacturing and testing center 'Skyroot' would be set up in the state.

Important facts

• Rama Rao, who was the chief guest at an event organized at T-Hub in Hyderabad to celebrate the successful launch of 'Skyroot' Aerospace's Vikram-S rocket, expressed happiness that the facility would be set up in Telangana.

• Hyderabad-based startup T-Hub launched India's first private rocket on 18 November.

• He pointed out that the state government had already developed a Space Tech Policy.

• Only a few companies in the world have mastered rocket science and achieved success on the first try.

About Telangana

• Chief Minister - K. Chandrashekar Rao

• Governor - Tamilisai Soundararajan

• Capital - Hyderabad