ISRO creates history, successfully launches India’s first private rocket Vikram-S

Sriharikota, (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 18 : The Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) on Friday heralded a new milestone when it

successfully launched the country’s first private rocket Vikram-S, named

Prarambh from this spaceport.

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 at 1130 hrs here, heralding a new milestone in India’s space

programme.