Overview

• The test took place at 5:14:33 PM on June 14 in Kushinagar using a 15 kg rocket that ascended to 1.1 km.
• The small satellite detached at about 5 m above ground and landed within 400 m under parachute protection.
• Thrust Tech India Limited collaborated on the rocket motor test, highlighting public-private innovation in space research.
• This operation marks the first direct rocket deployment of a payload from Uttar Pradesh, succeeding earlier drone-based trials in Ahmedabad.
• Officials say the trial paves the way for October-November tests of nearly 900 student-built satellites nationwide.