Skyroot Aerospace is an Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider, founded in 2018 by former ISRO scientists. They are developing the Vikram series of small-lift launch vehicles designed for the small satellite market, utilizing advanced technologies like 3D-printed engines and carbon fiber structures. Skyroot has partnerships with ISRO, Dhruva Space, Bellatrix Aerospace, Prométhée, ConnectSAT, ispace and HEX20 and aims to provide affordable and reliable launch services. Key products include the Vikram series of launch vehicles and rocket engines like Raman-1, Kalam-5 and Dhawan-1.
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Vikram-S was a suborbital launch to test and validate technologies for Skyroot Aerospace’s planned Vikram 1 orbital-class launcher scheduled for 2023.
Skyroot Aerospace raised $51,000,000 in a Series-B funding round led by GIC.
Skyroot Aerospace built and tested India’s first privately developed cryogenic, hypergolic-liquid, and solid-fuel rocket engines.
Skyroot Aerospace completed a full-duration test of one of its rocket stages in May 2022.
Skyroot Aerospace raised $51,000,000 in a Series B round led by Singapore sovereign investor GIC.
Skyroot Aerospace was established in 2018.
The Vikram S flight will test subsystems and technologies intended for Skyroot Aerospace’s orbital-class vehicles Vikram 1, Vikram 2, and Vikram 3.
Skyroot Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding with Bellatrix Aerospace in February 2021 under which Bellatrix’s orbital transfer vehicle will launch on a Skyroot rocket.
HEX20 will work with Skyroot Aerospace to provide launch services, spacecraft avionics, and components to Australian space initiatives.
Skyroot Aerospace aims to launch its solid-fueled Vikram S suborbital rocket by the end of 2022.
Skyroot Aerospace has raised $68,000,000 since its establishment in 2018, including $17,000,000 from a seed round, Series A, and a bridge round.
QL Space will partner with Skyroot Aerospace to develop launch facilities in Australia and support joint mineral exploration missions in space.
Skyroot Aerospace is developing Vikram 2 and Vikram 3 to carry heavier payloads with multiple orbital insertions.
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram series rockets can launch up to 800 kg of payload to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Skyroot Aerospace completed a full-duration test of one of its rocket stages in May 2022.
Skyroot Aerospace raised US$51,000,000 (INR 403 Crore) in a Series B financing round.
Bellatrix Aerospace and Skyroot Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding in February 2021 under which Bellatrix’s orbital transfer vehicle is to launch on a rocket Skyroot is developing.
Skyroot Aerospace developed a mobile cryogenic engine test stand and tested Dhawan-1 at a propulsion test facility at Solar Industries India Ltd in Nagpur.
Skyroot Aerospace Pvt Ltd successfully tested its cryogenic engine Dhawan-1.
Skyroot Aerospace developed Dhawan-1 using 3D printing with a superalloy, reducing manufacturing time by more than 95 percent.