India's first privately developed rocket to set to soar on Friday

Indias space programme will soar into new skies on Friday when the countrys first privately developed rocket VikramS would be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO from its spaceport in Sriharikota about 115 kms from ChennaiDecks have been cleared for the fouryearold startup Skyroot Aerospace to make the maiden launch of its VikramS rocket marking the foray of private sector into the countrys space industry dominated by the staterun ISRO for decadesSkyroot Aerospace has become the first private company in India to give wings to the Indian space programme after the sector was opened to private players by the Centre in 2020The lift off of the first VikramS rocket has been scheduled at 1130 am with clear weather paving the way for the launch as against the earlier planned November 15VikramS will soar to an altitude of 81 km after its launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre The launch vehicle has been named so as a tribute to the father of Indian Space programme the late Vikram SarabhaiAlso Read Mumbai WR to convert 26 suburban services to 15car from 12car November 21The Mission titled Prarambh the beginning would carry three payloads belonging to two domestic customers and a foreign clientThe sixmeter tall rocket is one of the worlds first few allcomposite rockets that has 3D printed solid thrusters for spin stability of the launch vehicle a Skyroot functionary saidThe launch of the rocket is expected to demonstrate flight proving of avionics systems in Vikram series like telemetry tracking inertial measurement Global Positioning System onboard camera data acquisition and power systemsIndias space regulator INSPACe on Wednesday authorised the launch of Skyroots VikramS suborbital vehicleThis is a giant leap for the private space sector in India Congratulations to Skyroot for becoming the first Indian company to be authorised for launching a rocketiquest Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre Chairman Pawan Goenka saidThe VikramS suborbital flight will carry three payloads of Chennaibased startup SpaceKidz Andhra Pradeshbased NSpaceTech and Armenian BazoomQ Space Research LabUnion Minister of state for Personnel Jitendra Singh said India is set to script history by launching the first ever private rocket developed by Skyroot Aerospace from Sriharikota under the guidance of ISROHe said space sector reforms have unleashed innovative potential of startups and within a short span of time about 102 startups were working in cuttingedge areas of space debris management nanosatellite launch vehicle ground systems and researchResponding to his comments on social media Skyroot Aerospace said We are proud of our mission which is poised to create history for Indian private space and further the vision of our Prime Minister Narendra ModiPrarambh was unveiled by ISRO Chairman S Somanath in Bengaluru early this month after the technical launch clearance from INSPACeSkyroot Aerospace cofounder Pawan K Chandana said After months of sleepless nights and meticulous preparations from our team super thrilled to announce our first launch mission Prarambh from the beautifiul island of SriharikotaGoenka said the seamless joint efforts of various ISRO centres including Satish Dhawan Space Centre ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network Bengaluru Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Skyroot team and INSPACe have enabled the VikramS rocket to be launch ready in a short span of timeAccording to ISRO sources unlike the two launch pads located in the SDSC Sriharikota which are normally used for the liftoff of launch vehicles like PSLVs and GSLVs Fridays mission would be from the propulsion centre where sounding rockets were used by ISROThis is a small rocket and instead of those big ones this centre were sounding rockets were used by ISRO will be used tomorrow an official told PTIThe 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 Fridays mission is considered to be a significant milestone forSkyroot 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 VikramS launch vehicle is expected to place the payloads in about 500 kms low inclination orbitThe technology architecture of the launch vehicle Vikram offers unique capabilities like multiorbit insertion interplanetary missions while providing customised dedicated and ride share options covering a wide spectrum of small satellite customer needs the company saidSkyroot said the launch vehicles can be assembled and launched within 24 hours from any launch siteThe launch vehicle is equipped with telemetry tracking GPS onboard camera data acquisition and power systems the company saidThis 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