Skyroot's Vikram-1 becomes India's first privately developed orbital rocket

Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 successfully reached low Earth orbit as India's first privately-developed orbital rocket, validating space-sector reforms and strengthening domestic launch capabilities. Builders in satellite, earth observation, and space data have a new domestic launch option—vendor lock-in to SpaceX just became optionality, not necessity.

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