India’s 1st ever private rocket Vikram-S successfully lifted off

The 'Prarambh' mission and Vikram-S rocket have been developed by Skyroot Aerospace start up in Hyderabad with support from ISRO & IN-SPACe.

PIC COURTESY-Skyroot Aerospace

India’s first-ever privately developed rocket Vikram-S, was successfully lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport this morning.

The lift-off of the Vikram Suborbital rocket took place at 11:30 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

“Mission Prarambh is successfully accomplished. Congratulations” tweeted the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO and tagged @SkyrootA Congratulations India! @INSPACeIND

The ‘Prarambh’ mission and the Vikram-S rocket have been developed by Skyroot Aerospace start up in Hyderabad with support from ISRO and IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre). The rocket is carrying payloads of two Indian and one international customers into space.

‘Vikram-S’ is named after Vikram Sarabhai, the founding father of India’s Space Program.

Vikram-S has been developed within a record time of two years which is powered by solid fuelled propulsion, cutting edge avionics and all carbon fibre core structure, as per Skyroot Aerospace.

As per Skyroot Aerospace, with a body mass of 545 kgs, length of 6m, and diameter of 0.375 meters, Vikram-S is the quickest and most affordable ride to space.

With inputs from ANI

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