New Delhi, July 18 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday congratulated Skyroot Aerospace, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) for the successful launch of the Vikram-1 rocket.

In an X post, Rahul Gandhi termed the successful launch of the rocket as a "tribute to years of patience, precision and quiet work by scientists, engineers and technicians."

He wrote, "The successful flight of Vikram-1, India's first privately developed orbital rocket, is a tribute to years of patience, precision and quiet work by scientists, engineers and technicians. My congratulations to the remarkable young team at Skyroot Aerospace, and to everyone ...