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India’s first private rocket- Vikram-S lifts of from ISRO spaceport

Highlights

• It is a family of small-lift launch vehicles being developed by Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian start up aerospace company.
• Performed by the name of mission Prarambh
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre
• It is a single-stage solid fuelled, sub-orbital rocket developed over two years by incorporating advanced technologies including carbon composite structures and 3D-printed components
• Equipped with a gross lift of mass of 545kg, and payload mass of 80 kg
• It will be carried with it three customer payloads, which will map the measurement and validation of certain fight parameters and payload integration processes.
• This was a technology demonstration fight to showcase the capabilities of the company.
• The rocket will help validate the technologies that will be used in the subsequent Vikram-1 orbital vehicle of Sky root

Sky root Aerospace Private Limited

• Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider
• Headquartered:
• Founder : Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka
• It aims to develop and launch its own series of small lift launch vehicles especially crafted for the small satellite market.
• National Start-up Awards 2020 were declared by government
• First Indian start up to formally enter into an agreement with ISRO for using its assets since new policy decision of the Government