Skyroot Aerospace plans to launch Vikram-1 in one year

Synopsis ​​The Hyderabad-based space startup also aims to slash costs of space travel in the future. “. .

now that we have done first private rocket launch, Vikram-S, our next plan is to launch Vikram-1 which is a much bigger rocket putting satellites into orbit. That we want to do within a year from now,” Pawan Chandana, co-founder of Skyroot, said on Monday evening. Reuters Pawan Chandana and Bharath Daka, founders of Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian Space-Tech startup, pose for a photograph with a mockup of Vikram-S rocket, India’s first private rocket developed by the Skyroot, in Hyderabad.

Skyroot Aerospace , which successfully launched the country’s first private rocket Vikram-S recently, plans to launch Vikram-1 , a much bigger rocket to place satellites into orbit , within a year. The Hyderabad-based space startup also aims to slash costs of space travel in the future. “.

. now that we have done first private rocket launch, Vikram-S, our next plan is to launch Vikram-1 which is a much bigger rocket putting satellites into orbit. That we want to do within a year from now,” Pawan Chandana , co-founder of Skyroot, said on Monday evening.

Skyroot also wants to become one of the first few companies in the world that can place satellites into orbit. He said the firm has raised about $68 million, which is the largest in the aerospace startup ecosystem in India. “Of course, it took close to four years to raise this kind of capital.

Now, we are good for the first few launches to orbit and then, of course, it has been very challenging because for the first time somebody went to the market and raised such large capital,” Chandana said. Skyroot would keep on raising more capital in its journey forward and would like to generate a good amount of revenue as it starts launching from next year, he said. Noting that space travel is expensive now, he said his firm aims to slash costs, make it affordable and increase reliability.

“Today, the biggest problem is that space travel is very costly. Because, rockets, the only way to go to space are very unreliable. Sometimes, they don’t work and are also very expensive.

They fall into the sea and then you are building something, throwing it away. It’s very costly,” he said. The Blue Origin of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos started offering services such as space travel and it may take up to 10 years to become a reality from an Indian perspective, he added.

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