Topic: Skyroot Aerospace
Mission Aagaman | How Skyroot’s Orbital Launch Changes Everything for Indian Space
On July 18, 2026, at 12:05 PM IST, India's private space sector achieved a historic milestone. Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, successfully deploying multiple payloads into a 450 km low-Earth orbit approximately 15 minutes later. With this mission, dubbed "Aagaman" (meaning "Arrival"), India became only the third country in the world—after the United States and China—to achieve orbital launch capability through a private enterprise.
