KTR congratulates TakeMe2Space on PowerBank-50 launch

BRS leader KT Rama Rao congratulated Hyderabad startup TakeMe2Space after its PowerBank-50 satellite battery pack became the first Indian-made battery to earn "flight heritage" by flying aboard Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 mission. The innovation was nurtured at T-Works Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: BRS working president and former Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday complimented TakeMe2Space’s PowerBank-50, which became the first Indian-made satellite battery pack to earn flight heritage. The Hyderabad-based startup was initially nurtured at T Works, which is India’s largest prototyping facility.

Taking to X, the BRS working president said “Happy to learn that Hyderabad-based startup TakeMe2Space’s PowerBank-50 has become the first Indian-made satellite battery pack to earn flight heritage,”

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TakeMe2Space announced that its PowerBank-50 satellite battery pack successfully completed its first space mission, earning the coveted “flight heritage” status, he said.

“It flew aboard Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 mission, becoming the first Indian-made satellite battery pack to achieve this milestone. I am especially glad that TakeMe2Space took its initial shape at @TWorksHyd, India’s largest prototyping facility,” Rama Rao said. He congratulated TakeMe2Space’s founder Ronak Samantray and the entire team for their achievement.