- Skyroot is a private sector space startup in India.
- It recently unveiled the Vikram-1 rocket.
- Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh presented the private sector’s first rocket in Hyderabad.
- The business plans to launch an indigenously manufactured rocket in early 2024.
- This rocket can deliver a 300 kilogram payload into low-Earth orbit.
- Vikram-1 Satellite Launch Vehicle is a fighter-body rocket made entirely of carbon.
- It has a liquid engine that was 3D printed.
Vikram-1 can deliver around 300 kg of payload into low-Earth orbit. - Skyroot’s second rocket will be launched.
- Skyroot was founded in the year 2018.
- The company’s headquarters are in Hyderabad.
