Mumbai startup first Indian private firm to have satellite in space
4 Dec 2018 6:30 PM GMT
With this launch, Mumbai-based Exseed Space has become the first private commercial organisation in India to have a satellite in space.
- MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: At the stroke of midnight on Monday, Elon Musk-led US space agency SpaceX launched India’s first privately built satellite Exseed Sat-1 along with 63 other satellites from 17 countries.
- After being repeatedly postponed for 10 days owing to technical and weather reasons, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off at 12.10 am on Tuesday (IST) from the Vandenberg air force base in California.
- Over 43 minutes after the launch, Falcon 9 placed Exceed Sat-1 into the polar orbit.
- With this launch, Mumbai-based Exseed Space has become the first private commercial organisation in India to have a satellite in space.
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