Ahmedabad/Bengaluru, November 18. The launch of Vikram-S, a suborbital launch vehicle from M/s Skyroot Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, was accomplished successfully on November 18, 2022, at 11:30 am IST from the sounding rocket launch complex at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It marks the first launch of a launch vehicle built by a private company in India. The mission was authorized by IN-SPACe.
The launcher reached an altitude of about 89.5 km in 155 seconds, as planned. This sounding rocket carried three payloads.
Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh and Chairman, IN-SPACe congratulated Skyroot for the accomplishment and thanked ISRO for the able support provided.
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