Skyroot's Vikram-1: How India's First Private Rocket Reached Orbit, and What Comes Next for the Space Startup Boom
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 reached orbit on its first attempt in July 2026, making it the first rocket built by an Indian private company to do so. Here is how the carbon-fibre rocket works, what it carried, why small launchers matter, and what Skyroot and India's 400-odd space startups plan next.
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