India’s first private rocket lifts off from ISRO spaceport

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Last Updated20/11/2022

Vikram-S rocket is scheduled to lift off from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

VKS rocket is developed by Skyroot Aerospace Pvt Ltd (SAPL).
Skyroot was the first startup to sign an MoU with ISRO for launching its rockets.
It is the nation’s first private launch.
It will carry a total of 3 payloads in space, including one from foreign customers.
Reached an altitude of 89.5 km around 2.5 minutes after the launch from the ISRO-sounding rocket facility at Sriharikota.
Target -space, which begins at an altitude of around 80 km, to touch the Karman Line ( located 100-km altitude mark).
The Karman Line is the point where Earth’s atmosphere ends but satellites cannot be stably put into orbit.
It will also be the maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’.

Would have been considered a success even at an altitude of 50 km.
Considering its main goal checking most of the subsystems that will be used in the company’s first orbital flight the Vikram-1 vehicle.

Single-stage solid fuel rocket meant to test nearly 80 % of all systems & processes before the launch of Vikram-1.
Core structure built using carbon composites.
Thrusters used for spin stability in the vehicle have been 3D printed.
The rocket goes to the max altitude of 101 km.
Travels with the speed of Mach 5 , five times the speed of sound in about 20 seconds.