India’s space program will touch new heights on Friday when the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the country’s first privately developed rocket from its center in Sriharikota.
The rocket has been named ‘Vikram-S’ as a tribute to Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch Vikram-S from its spaceport here, about 115 km from Chennai. The mission has been named ‘Prarambh’ to symbolize a new beginning.
Preparations have been completed for the first launch of Vikram-S rocket of four-year-old start-up ‘Skyroot Aerospace’. It will mark the entry of the private sector into the country’s space industry, which has been dominated by state-owned ISRO for decades.
Skyroot Aerospace has become the first private sector company in India to step into the Indian space program after the central government opened up the space industry to the private sector in 2020.
Vikram-S will reach an altitude of 81 km after being launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission will carry three payloads from two domestic and one foreign customer.
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