After Skyroot, more pvt spacetech startups set to reach for skies with commercial missions

Hyderabad/Bangalore: India’s private space industry is set to accelerate its activity after Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace created history by reaching orbit with Vikram-1 on its maiden mission, a feat no private launch company globally has matched.SpaceX, now the world’s dominant commercial launch provider, reached orbit after three failed attempts. Skyroot’s success has turned attention to Indian spacetech startups building rockets, including reusable ones, satellites, payloads, propulsion systems and space-data businesses as they prepare to shift from demonstrations to commercial missions.Skyroot is gearing up for at least one more Vikram-1 test mission by the end of this year and hopes to be ready with a 1,000kg payload capacity rocket -- Vikram-2 -- for launch by the end of next year, Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder, Skyroot Aerospace, told TOI a day after the successful Mission Aagaman.