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This handout photo taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on July 22 last year shows the Chandrayaan-2 (Moon Chariot 2) being launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off southern Andhra Pradesh state. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/ INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi and Rohini Mohan India Correspondent In Bangalore

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May 30, 2020, 05:00 AM

Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace is developing a rocket that can be assembled in a day for launching small satellites into space.

Founded by engineers formerly with the government-run Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) rocket design centre, the company has expertise in solid and cryogenic propulsion as well as in designing rockets for low-earth launches.

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