Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated Indian space startup Skyroot's Infinity Campus via video conferencing.

PM Modi also unveiled Skyroot's first orbital rocket, Vikram-I, with the capability to launch satellites to orbit.

The state-of-the-art facility will have around 2 lakh square feet of workspace for designing, developing, integrating and testing multiple launch vehicles, with a capacity to build one orbital rocket every month.

Following the inauguration, the Prime Minister said, "Today the country is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity in the space sector. Today, the private sector is taking great strides in India's space ecosystem. Skyroot's Infinity Campus reflects India's new thinking...