Indian Tricolour unfurled at the edge of space to mark 75 years of independence

New Delhi, 15/8: The Indian Tricolour was unfurled at the edge of space at an altitude of nearly 30 km by a BalloonSAT launched by an organisation promoting awareness about space sciences in the country.

 

 

SpaceKidz, the Chennai-based organisation, shared a video on its social media platforms of the Indian Tricolour fluttering away to glory attached to a helium balloon that reached to the edge of space.

 

“We released the BalloonSat on January 27 this year from Chennai. It unfurled the Indian Tricolour at an altitude of nearly 30 km,” Srimathy Kesan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Space Kidz India told PTI