Context: A Bengaluru start-up sent the world's first lab-grown diamond jewel, the Cosmos Bloom Diamond, to space aboard Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital launch vehicle. The 16.9-carat lotus-shaped jewel, created by Cosmos Diamonds in collaboration with Skyroot Aerospace, showcases the growing role of India's private space and start-up ecosystem.
The mission marks a novel convergence of India's private space industry and its lab-grown diamond sector, both emerging areas of technological and commercial innovation.
Reflects India's expanding private space sector under the IN-SPACe framework and the growth of India's lab-grown diamond industry, both relevant to GS3 topics on science and technology achievements and the space start-up ecosystem.
IN-SPACe and India's private space policy; Skyroot Aerospace and Vikram series rockets; India's lab-grown diamond industry; space start-up ecosystem; Make in India in high-technology sectors.
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Q1.Vikram-1, which carried the world's first lab-grown diamond jewel to space, is developed by which company?