18
Jul
In a monumental milestone for India’s commercial space sector, Skyroot Aerospace successfully completed its first orbital launch as the Vikram-1 rocket placed its payloads precisely into Low Earth Orbit. The critical mission, aptly named Mission Aagaman, lifted off from the historic Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota following a brief planned technical hold. The multi-stage vehicle, towering nearly seven storeys tall, functioned flawlessly across all four propulsion stages to deliver a textbook launch and subsequent deployment sequence on its very first try. The successful flight marks the first time an Indian private aerospace enterprise has independently developed and flown an…
