India's first privately built rocket, Vikram-S, launched by ISRO

India on Friday successfully placed three satellites into an orbit on a rocket completely developed by a four year old startup marking the entry of the private sector into space activities currently dominated by the staterun behemoth ISROSkyroot Aerospacedesigned VikramS named in a befitting tribute to the father of the countrys space programme Vikram Sarabhai tasted success in its maiden mission Skyroot Aerospace become the first privately held company in India after the space sector was opened for the private players by the Centre in 2020I am happy to announce the successful completion of Mission Prarambh The Beginning by Skyroot aerospace a smiling Pawan Goenka Chariman of the countrys space regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre INSPACe said from ISROs Mission Control Center hereThe rocket achieved an altitude of 895 km and a range of 1212 km exactly what was planned by Skyroot Aerospace he saidThe rocket worked as planned and Skyroot Aerospace has demonstrated various capability of subsystems that will go into the orbital launch vehicle he addedThe rocket integrated into the launcher soared after lifting off at the prefixed 1130 am from the sounding rocket complex at the Indian Space Research Organisations Satish Dhawan Space Centre here about 115 km from ChennaiAlso Read SSLV injects both satellites orbit achieved is less making it unstable ISROThe Mission unveiled by ISRO Chairman S Somanath has three payloads with two belonging to domestic customers and one from a foreign clientThe 6metre tall launch vehicle is one of the worlds first few allcomposite rockets that has 3D printed solid thrusters for spin stability of the launch vehicleThis is a new beginning for the Indian private sector entering aerospace and a historic moment for all of us Goenka saidThe three payloads riding piggyback on the rocket are from Chennaibased startup SpaceKidz Andhra Pradeshbased NSpaceTech and Armenian BazoomQ Space Research LabVikramS launched the payloads in about 500 km low inclination orbitIn a departure from the routine Fridays mission was launched from the complex where sounding rockets were used by ISROThe Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC in Sriharikota has two launch complexes each capable of providing complete support for vehicle assembly check out and launch operations for any kind of missions Low Earth Orbit Geosynchronous transfer orbit PSLVs and GSLVs are launched from hereFridays mission is considered to be a significant milestone for Skyroot Aerospace as it would help test and validate majority of the technologies in the Vikram series of orbital class space launch vehicles including many subsystems and technologies that would be tested before liftoff and post lift off phases of the launchFunSat a 25 kgs payload belonging to Chennaibased aerospace startup Spacekidz has been developed by students from India the United States Singapore and IndonesiaThe 545 kg Vikram launch vehicle consists of the Vikram II and Vikram III seriesThe technology architecture of the launch vehicle offers unique capabilities like multiorbit insertion and interplanetary missions while providing customised dedicated and ride share options covering a wide spectrum of small satellite customer needs Skyroot Aerospace saidThe company added the rockets can be assembled and launched within 24 hours from any launch siteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever