Country's First Private Rocket Vikram-S Ready To Launch, Know What Is Special

Launch of the first rocket ‘Vikram-S’ developed by India’s private sector 08 From 16 can be done between November. Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace made this announcement on Tuesday. This maiden mission of Skyroute Aerospace has been named ‘PRAUT’ which will have three consumer payloads and can be launched from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launchpad in Sriharikota. , Pawan Kumar Chandna, CEO and Co-Founder, Skyroot Aerospace said, “The officials have decided to launch From November 16 The probable duration of November has been given, the last date will be decided according to the weather conditions. Denying, “We have two Indian and one foreign payload.

A Chennai-based aerospace startup ‘SpaceKidz’ will send into space a 2.5 kg payload ‘Fun-Sat’ developed by students from India, the US, Singapore and Indonesia through Vikram-S. Mrs Keeson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ‘SpaceKidz’ told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “We want children to learn about experimenting in space. These are simple payloads built by grandparents together with their grandchildren.

ISRO Chairman S Somnath on Monday unveiled the ‘Mission Patch’ (Insignia) for the Skyroute Aerospace launch. With this mission, Skyroute Aerospace can become the first private space company in India to launch a rocket into space. In this way 2020 there will be a new beginning after the opening of the space sector to the people of the private sector.

Skyroot Aerospace Chief Operating Officer N Bharat Daka said in a statement, “The Vikram-S rocket is a single-stage suborbital launch vehicle that will carry three consumer payloads and test multiple technologies in the Vikram series of spacecraft. And this will help in recognizing them.” Skyroute’s rocket is named after the father of the Indian space program and famous scientist Vikram Sarabhai.

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Tue, Nov 8, 2022, 9: 51 PM IST