A train that emits water, not smoke. How cool is that? This is India's first Hydrogen Cell Powered Train 🚆
What's cooler? India is one of only 6 nations to develop this technology ⚡
What's even cooler? India has developed the most powerful hydrogen train in the world 🔥
We’ll be watching this ignition on loop all day.
Kalam-1200 — Vikram-1's first stage, named for Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam — roaring to life and lifting Vikram-1 off the pad, on a flight that reached orbit.
#Vikram1#MissionAagaman
#WATCH | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: On the launch of India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, by Skyroot Aerospace, Pawan Kumar Chandana, CEO and Founder of Skyroot Aerospace, says, "... This is the first time that a private company in India has built the rocket, brought the launch pad, and taken off... It is a very important moment for the global space sector... We are proud that we were able to do this. A team with an average age of just 28 years has built India's first private orbital rocket... The rocket is completely built with carbon composite..."
Massive congratulations to @PawanKChandana, @bharathdaka, the brilliant @SkyrootA team and the enablers at ISRO and IN-SPACe.
History has been made as India’s private space sector enters a new era with Vikram-1 acing all mission objectives on its maiden orbital flight. True proof of what Atmanirbhar Bharat means!
With the average age of the team just 28 years, this is proof for the world what young India can achieve.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳!
@KADIRKH99269223@ocjain4 हमरे वाले तो मस्त है
बढ़िया सरकार चला रहे है
वन्दे भारत
Hydrogen train first टाइम
Private satelite लौंचर
100% इलेक्ट्रिफिक्शन of track दुनिया मे और कोई देश मे नही है
😁😁
India's space ambition reaches new horizon.
Heartiest congratulations to @SkyrootA Aerospace on the successful launch of Vikram-1, India's first privately developed launch vehicle. A firm step towards realizing Modi Ji's vision of making space more accessible, this innovation will further strengthen India's space sector elevating its stature as a global leader.
#IndiaWithVikram1
Thank you, Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi ji!
Your good wishes right before the flight, and now your kind words soon after — both have meant the world to Team Skyroot. Vande Mataram is now in space 🚀 🙏
This defining moment for India’s space journey was made possible by your vision and the transformative reforms that opened new frontiers for our private space sector.
Grateful for your leadership and encouragement as India reaches higher. 🇮🇳
Meet Pawan Kumar Chandana, the man who scored 51 marks in maths as a schoolboy and went on to build India's first private rocket.
Born in 1991 and raised in Visakhapatnam, Chandana grew up in a middle class household. Maths was a weak spot until entrance exam prep turned it into an obsession, and that push got him into IIT Kharagpur in 2007 for a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He joined ISRO in 2012, working on the GSLV Mk3 heavy lift vehicle. But he wanted to build a private rocket industry in a country where that barely existed.
In 2018, along with fellow ISRO engineer Naga Bharath Daka, he founded Skyroot Aerospace in Hyderabad. By 2020 they had tested India's first privately built rocket engine. Skyroot went on to launch Vikram-S, India's first private rocket, and the company is now valued at over 1 billion dollars.
Once defeated by numbers, now he counts stars - leading India toward the cosmos.
Spoke to the team of Skyroot Aerospace and congratulated them on the successful launch of Vikram-1.
This is a defining moment in India’s space journey. The growing participation of our private sector is opening new frontiers and accelerating innovation.
This achievement will encourage countless youngsters to dream bigger and innovate fearlessly.
@SkyrootA
@JaiShreeRam90@anandmahindra Hydrogen train
Now private satelite launcher first time
100 % electricfication of track
Vande Bharat etc
However some people like wangchok spread negativity in country
Shame
#WATCH | Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 has reached orbit. India's first privately developed orbital rocket has completed its final burn and injected its payloads into a ~450 km orbit, making India the third country in the world with private orbital launch capability.
(Source: Skyroot Aerospace)