Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handwritten “Vande Mataram” note is being sent to space aboard Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, as India prepares to launch the mission. Multiple outlets report that the note is included as one of the mission’s symbolic payloads. Deccan Chronicle adds that Modi’s message travels alongside other handwritten messages included on the rocket, written by Skyroot Aerospace employees, investors, policymakers, scientists, and well-wishers from India and abroad. News18 India similarly frames the note as a handwritten message tied to the historic moment of the launch. The sources do not describe any additional technical role for the note beyond its symbolic inclusion with the mission’s payloads. The launch and payload arrangements place the Prime Minister’s message among a broader set of personal and national messages carried on Vikram-1.