Chennai, Nov 16: The ISRO is all set for the maiden launch of the country’s first privately developed rocket “Vikram-S” by space startup Skyroot Aerospace on November 18 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Skyroot Aerospace has become the first private space company in India giving wings to the space programme, after the sector was opened up in 2020 by the Centre to facilitate the private players.
The maiden sub-orbital launch of the rocket was rescheduled to the forenoon of November 18 from the earlier planned November 15 due to inclement weather conditions, Skyroot informed.
The launch vehicle has been named ‘Vikram-S’ as a tribute to the father of Indian space programme, the late Vikram Sarabhai.
According to the sources, the mission titled ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning) would carry three payloads belonging to two domestic customers and a foreign client and the launch is scheduled at 11.30 am on November 18.
The mission here is considered to be an important milestone for India as it would help validate 80 per cent of the technologies that would be used in the Vikram-1 orbital vehicle that is scheduled for a 2023 launch. (PTI)
