India's space rockets to get homegrown chips soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

‘Made in Bharat’ chips for space rockets soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Following Skyroot Aerospace’s successful Vikram-1 orbital launch, the Centre says domestically made semiconductors will soon be integrated into India’s space launch vehicles.

India's space rockets to get homegrown chips soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India will soon equip its space launch vehicles with domestically produced semiconductors, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. On Monday, meeting the heads of private space technology company Skyroot Aerospace, after its Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 successfully reached orbit, marking the maiden flight of India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vaishnaw said on X, "'Made in Bharat' chips for our rockets... soon!"