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Explained: Why Vikram-1 is a landmark for India's space programme

The Hindu · July 18, 2026 · 4:35 · English · News

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Video from the channel The Hindu about Vikram-I, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:35. Language: English. Video type: News.

Explanatory piece by The Hindu on the liftoff of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 12:05 on Saturday 18 July, after a brief hold in the countdown. Includes the countdown and liftoff.

It describes a 22 m rocket able to carry up to 350 kg to low orbit, with a carbon composite structure and a 3D-printed engine, which on the Aagaman mission was targeting a 450 km orbit over a flight of almost 16 minutes and 14 phases. It carried payloads from CosmoServe, Graha Space, Skyroot and D-Orbit, plus symbolic payloads.

It frames this against the sector's opening in 2020 and the precedent of the Vikram-S in 2022, and notes that on the same date in 1980 the SLV-3 placed the Rohini satellite into orbit.

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