Skyroot Aerospace

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  India's Skyroot Tests Key Rocket Motor, Satellite Launch Later This Year

  India's Space start-up Skyroot today said it has test-fired the stage-2 of the Vikram-1 rocket, which is expected to place a satellite in orbit later this year.

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  Vikram-1 Rocket, Set to Launch Satellites Early Next Year, Unveiled by Skyroot Aerospace

  Space start-up Skyroot Aerospace on Tuesday unveiled its indigenously built Vikram-1 rocket which is expected to deliver satellites to low earth orbit early next year. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh also inaugurated 'The MAX-Q Campus', the new headquarters of the start-up at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park at Mamidipally in ...

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  India's Skyroot Aerospace in Talks With French Firm to Launch Nanosatellites

  French space sector firm Promethee on Friday said it was exploring the possibility of placing its nanosatellites in orbit using the Vikram-series of launch vehicles being developed by Indian start-up Skyroot Aerospace. Skyroot co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana held discussions with Promethee President Olivier Piepsz on the sidelines of the official ...

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  Indian Space Sector Pushes Private Players for More Participation

  Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade — an effort boosted by the personal support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the end of 2022, Skyroot Aerospace, whose investors include Sherpalo Ventures and Singapore's...

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  ISRO’s Upcoming Experiments for 2023 Includes Dedicated Mission for Sun, Moon

  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will turn its focus on science experiments in 2023 with dedicated missions to the Sun - Aditya - and the moon - Chandrayaan-3 - even as the nascent start-up sector is set to soar in the space applications segment.

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  Vikram-S, India's First Private Rocket, Successfully Launched Into Space by Skyroot Aerospace

  Vikram-S, the first privately developed rocket in India, blasted off from ISRO's Sriharikota launch pad on Friday. The 545-kg rocket developed by space startup Skyroot, has the capability of reaching Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, and carrying a payload of 83 kg.

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  India's 1st Privately Developed Rocket, Vikram-S Set To Launch Tomorrow

  India's space programme will soar into new skies on Friday when the country's first privately developed rocket, Vikram-S would be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from its spaceport in Sriharikota, about 115 kms from Chennai.

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  Bad Weather Delays Launch Of India's 1st Privately-Built Rocket By 3 Days

  Inclement weather conditions have put off the sub-orbital launch of India's first privately developed rocket -- Vikram-S -- by three days to November 18, the Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace said.

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  India's First Privately Developed Rocket Vikram-S to Launch on November 15

  India's first privately developed rocket — Vikram-S — is set for a November 15 launch on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday. The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will carry payloads of two Indian and one foreign customers and is ...

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  India's First Privately-Built Rocket To Launch On November 15

  India's first privately developed rocket -- Vikram-S -- is set for a November 15 launch on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday.

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  Vikram S Rocket Launch Window Announced, India's First Private Rocket Set to Launch Between November 12 and 16

  Vikram S, the country's first private developed rocket, is set to launch between November 12 and 16, space startup Skyroot Aerospace said on Tuesday. With this mission, the firm is set to become the first private space company in the country to launch a rocket into space, bringing in a new era for the space sector which was opened up in 2020 to fac...

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  ISRO Gets Company - India's 1st Private Rocket Launch Likely Within A Week

  India's first privately developed rocket - Vikram-S - is set for a launch between November 12 and 16, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday.

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  Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore's GIC: All Details

  Skyroot Aerospace, the Hyderabad-based space startup said on Friday that it raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) in funding from GIC, a Singapore-based capital investment firm. The startup is looking to use the funding to build the country's first private space launch vehicles and launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit by mid-2023.

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  Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million In Funding Round Led By GIC India

  Space tech start-up Skyroot Aerospace has raised USD 51 million or around Rs 403 crore in a funding round led by GIC India Direct Investment Group, the company said on Friday.

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  Two Spacetech Startups Get Access to ISRO Facilities, Expertise to Test Rocket Systems

  Spacetech startup Agnikul Cosmos has signed an MoU with Department of Space (DoS) for access to ISRO facilities and expertise to test rocket systems.