(PTI)
State-owned SAIL has supplied special grade steel plates produced at its Bhilai unit for the country’s first human space mission programme — Gaganyaan, a company official has said.In addition, SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant has also supplied MDN 250 (maraging steel) grade special steel for the ambitious project.
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has contributed to the Gaganyaan space mission and has successfully produced plates to be used in the satellite launch vehicle (SLV) that would launch the mission, SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL-BSP) CEO Anirban Dasgupta told PTI.A consignment of 40 tonne of MDN 250 grade slabs rolled into plates at BSP’s plate mill was flagged off by Dasgupta in first week of February.
