Skyroot Stacks Vikram-I At ISRO Moves Closer To Maiden Orbital Launch
Sharing images of the rocket stage being lifted into position on X, Skyroot said, “Piece by piece, Vikram-I is coming alive - each stage carefully lifted, aligned and integrated into a single flight-ready rocket.”
Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has successfully stacked the first stage of its Vikram-I rocket at the First Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, marking a major milestone for India’s private space sector.
Vikram-I, the company’s maiden orbital launch vehicle, is designed to carry small satellites to low-Earth orbit. The rocket is now in its final preparatory phase, with integration and testing operations underway. This is the first time a privately developed orbital-class rocket has been stacked at ISRO’s First Launch Pad, the same place that launched historic missions like Chandrayaan and the Mars Orbiter Mission.
Sharing images of the rocket stage being lifted into position on X, Skyroot said, “Piece by piece, Vikram-I is coming alive - each stage carefully lifted, aligned and integrated into a single flight-ready rocket.”
The Vikram-I launch is a highly anticipated milestone for India’s commercial space industry. The launch date is yet to be announced. As this will be its maiden test flight, final scheduling depends on completing rigorous technical integration tests and coordinating range availability with the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe).
