Skyroot Aerospace is an Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana. The company was founded by two former ISRO scientists, Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka. On 18 November 2022 Skyroot became the first private company in India to launch a suborbital rocket, Vikram-S. On 18 July 2026 Skyroot successfully launched India's first private orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, into orbit, making India the third country with a private orbital launch capability after the United States and China.
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