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Dr. MGR-ACS Space Technology Centre
SPACE EXPLORER
“An Ingress to Borderless world”
Volume 01/Issue-08 Bimonthly 1-15, November 2022
Skyroot to launch India's 1st privately
made rocket Vikram-S
Image Credit: Skyroot Aerospace
Skyroot Aerospace said that it will launch its powered by the Kalam 80 propulsion system
maiden mission, Prarambh, on November that will ignite the three-stage rocket to an
18 from Sriharikota. The Prarambh mission altitude of 120 kilometers above the surface of
will be a technological demonstration Earth. The mission will carry three payloads
mission with Vikram-S, India's first privately that will be deployed during the sub-orbital
developed rocket, launching into space. flight to demonstrate the capability of the
rocket to take heavy payloads to space in the
The mission is scheduled to launch on
November 18 at 11:30 am from the Indian future.
Space Research Centre's Satish Dhawan Skyroot has been developing three variants of
Space Centre in Sriharikota to demonstrate the Vikram rocket. While the Vikram-I can
the capability of the private sector in the carry 480 kilograms of payload to Low Earth
country in acing space missions and Orbit, the Vikram-II is equipped to lift off with
shouldering Isro's future burden. 595 kilograms of cargo. Meanwhile, Vikram-III
can launch with an 815 kg to 500 km Low
The Prarambh mission will see three
payloads hitching a ride onboard the Inclination Orbit.
Vikram-S rocket to an altitude of 120 Spacekidz, a Chennai-based aerospace
kilometers above the surface of Earth and startup, will fly 'Fun-Sat', a 2.5 kg payload
deploying. The Suborbital flight is aimed at developed by students from India, the US,
clearing the way for Skyroot to jump onto its Singapore and Indonesia on the sub-orbital
main vehicle, the Vikram-I which will go into flight onboard Vikram-S.
Low Earth Orbit. The Vikram-S rocket will be
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