Skyroot Vikram-1 Launch: India's First Private Orbital Rocket Lifts Off From Sriharikota
Video from the channel India Today about Vikram-I, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:49. Language: English. Video type: News.
India Today report on the liftoff of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I from Sriharikota on the Aagaman mission, at 12:05 local time and after a scheduled pause in the countdown. By placing its payload into orbit, the Hyderabad-based company becomes the first Indian private company to put an orbital rocket into space.
The piece includes statements attributing the milestone to the opening of the space sector to private companies and to the ISRO and IN-SPACe ecosystem. It also reports Prime Minister Narendra Modi's congratulations to Skyroot's CEO, Pawan Kumar Chandana.
The Vikram-I is designed to carry payloads of up to 350 kg into a 450 km low orbit. The mission serves to validate propulsion, guidance, navigation and stage separation ahead of future commercial launches.