Skyroot Aerospace - India’s First Startup to Successfully Test Rocket Engine

An Indian startup, Skyroot Aerospace has become the first to test-fire a homegrown upper-stage rocket engine named ‘’Raman”. The business looks forward to a debut launch by December 2021, if all goes well with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) assistance and guidance. Thus, Skyroot is the first private Indian enterprise to show the potential to develop a rocket engine.

  

Skyroot was established in 2018 in Hyderabad by a team of rocket engineers, including CEO and co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana, who previously worked at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

The company manufactures three types of launch vehicles-Vikram I, II, and III-named after the founder of ISRO, Indian physicist, and astronomer Vikram Sarabhai.

Skyroot’s Vision for Indian Space: 

“In my view, space is a sector with clear achievable objectives for the decades to come like more launches, rapid re-usability to enable satellite constellations, and human space travel. To me, the biggest barrier to all space activities is ‘speed’ or rapid developmental cycles. At Skyroot, that is exactly what we are building a culture around –rapid development of complex aerospace systems with lean use of resources. We are building the first private Indian launch vehicle to put a satellite in orbit and marching ahead to compete for a reasonable share in the international small satellite launch market which is estimated to be $16Bn in the next decade. The idea of Skyroot was born from the need of having an internationally competent company with the capability of complementing ISRO’s capacity to meet our nation's Space aspirations. In this process, we are taking baby steps into our eventual goal of pushing the boundaries of spaceflight to uplift our civilization out into the cosmos.” 

Pawan Kumar Chandana,

Co-founder & CEO, Skyroot Aerospace

Next up for Skyroot -

are two full-stage test-fires of their rocket under construction, to be conducted during the next six months. The organization is also now focusing on the next-generation launch vehicles Vikram-2 and Vikram-3, which are projected to proceed in terms of availability during 2022-2023.

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