India’s First Private Rocket Flies

SriharikotaVikram-1 is India’s first orbital rocket built entirely outside ISRO.

Skyroot Aerospace’s carbon-composite, 3D-printed-engine vehicle targets a 450 km orbit, ending the state’s monopoly on launching Indian satellites into space.

Four technology-demonstration payloads ride along; the flight’s data will shape Skyroot’s push toward a regular launch cadence.

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