Overview
- The Hyderabad facility spans about 200,000 sq ft with end-to-end design, integration and testing, and a stated capacity to build one orbital rocket per month.
- Vikram-I is presented as Skyroot’s first orbital-class launcher capable of placing satellites into orbit, aimed at the small-satellite market.
- Officials highlighted a surge to 300-plus Indian space startups and growing global investor interest following sector liberalisation since 2023.
- Modi indicated further opening of strategic industries by saying the government plans to allow private participation in parts of the nuclear sector.
- Skyroot, founded by former ISRO engineers Pawan Chandana and Bharath Daka, previously flew the sub-orbital Vikram-S in 2022, described as India’s first private rocket to reach space.