A Hyderabad firm wants to be India’s SpaceX

Published on November 11, 2022

Skyroot, a Hyderabad-based four-year-old space startup, is looking to enter the league of the US-based SpaceX with a rocket launch planned anytime on Nov. 12-16.

“A launch window between Nov. 12 and 16 has been notified by authorities, the final date being confirmed based on weather conditions,” Skyroot Aerospace CEO and co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana told Indian media last week. 

The company has named its rocket Vikram after Vikram Sarabhai who established India’s space programme. The launch will make Skyroot the country’s first private company to send its own rocket into space.

 

https://qz.com/hyderabad-based-skyroot-wants-to-be-india-s-spacex-1849771573

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