telangana kcr hails startups for making history in space sector

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday expressed happiness over successfully placing into space orbit the two Nano satellites launched from Sriharikota by Telangana-based Dhruva Space Tech, a Hyderabad-based private start-up.

CM KCR said that the successful launch of two nanosatellites – ‘Thybolt 1 and Thybolt 2’ sent by the Hyderabad start-up company along with ISRO’s PSLV-C54 is a milestone in the history of the country’s enterprising startups.

The Chief Minister described the launch of the satellites by the private sector as a great success.

KCR noted that with the success of the recently launched ‘Vikram-S’ satellite, Telangana start-up company and T-Hub member ‘Sky root’ created history by becoming the first private company in the country to launch a satellite.

The Chief Minister said that, with these experiments, Hyderabad start-up companies opened doors of new opportunities in the Indian space sector.