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Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle. This first launch will carry 4 payloads: - Grahaa Space's SOLARAS S3 satellite - Cosmoserve Space's in-orbit robotic arm Embrace - An in-orbit demonstration from DCUBED - Skyroot's own SCOPE satellite

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 23, 2026, 2:40 p.m.

Reverted to 2026 TBD pending launch period updates.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 15, 2026, 1:05 p.m.

Updated launch time.



Cosmic_Penguin • July 16, 2026, 12:43 p.m.

GO for launch.


LL2 • July 18, 2026, 4:44 a.m.

Official Webcast by Skyroot Aerospace has started


Vikram-I

Family:
Configuration:

4-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by Indian private company Skyroot Aerospace, with capability of up to 350 kg to Low Earth Orbit. The first 3 stages are powered by solid fuel rocket motors, topped by a hypergolic fuel upper stage.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    20.0 m
  • Diameter
    1.7 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    1200.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Vikram-I
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Vikram-I
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    350.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    260.0 kg

Skyroot Aerospace

Skyroot Aerospace

(Skyroot)

CEO: Pawan Kumar Chandana Founded: 2018 Successes: 1 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Indian private launch services provider based in Hyderabad.

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