Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has announced this 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.
New Delhi: The country will soon launch the first rocket developed by the private sector. The first rocket 'Vikram-S' developed by India's private sector can be launched between November 12 and 16. It has been developed by Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace.
Rocket to be launched from ISRO's launch pad
Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has announced this 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, Skyroute Aerospace, said, "The officials have given a tentative period for the launch from November 12 to November 16, the last date will be decided according to the weather conditions."
India's first private company to launch rocket
With this mission, Skyroute Aerospace can become the first private space company in India to launch a rocket into space. In this way, after opening the space sector to the private sector in 2020, there will be a new beginning. N Bharat Daka, Chief Operating Officer, Skyroute Aerospace, said in a statement, "The Vikram-S rocket is a single-stage suborbital launch vehicle that will carry three consumer payloads and help test and validate multiple technologies in the Vikram series of spacecraft. will do."
The mission is named after Vikram Sarabhai.
Skyroute's rocket is named after the father of the Indian space program and famous scientist Vikram Sarabhai. The Hyderabad-based company manufactures state-of-the-art space launch vehicles to send commercial satellites into space.
News is originally taken from: https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/zee-hindustan/national/country-first-private-rocket-will-be-launched-soon-hyderabad-startup-skyroot-aerospace-has-developed/1431896
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