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Now, Agnikul first pvt firm to build launch pad in India
Business Standard|November 29, 2022
After the recent launch of the country's first privately developed rocket, another space-tech start-up, Agnikul Cosmos, has now successfully set up India's first-ever launch pad designed and operated by a private player at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
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Now, Agnikul first pvt firm to build launch pad in India

This comes after Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched its Vikram-S rocket on a sub-orbital flight from Sriharikota on November 18, becoming the first Indian company to do so.

The facility, designed by Agnikul and executed in support from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), has two sections the Agnikul launch pad and the Agnikul Mission Control Centre.

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