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Warplane maker HAL wins bid to make India’s small satellite launch rockets

20 June 2025, 8:48 am

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Small Satellite Launch Vehicle and Indian flag are seen in this illustration taken, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Reuters was 6 minutes ahead of rivals with the news that State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd had won a bid to commercially make India’s small satellite launch rockets, in the government’s biggest move yet to open its fast-growing space industry to private players.