Skyroot Aerospace
Skyroot Aerospace is an Indian private launch vehicle company founded in 2018 by former ISRO scientists Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka, headquartered in Hyderabad. In November 2022 it launched Vikram-S (Mission Prarambh), India's first privately developed rocket, on a suborbital flight. In May 2026 it raised $60 million to reach a roughly $1.1 billion valuation, becoming India's first space-tech unicorn, ahead of the maiden orbital flight of its Vikram-1 small-lift launch vehicle.
Launches
Payloads in Orbit
Active Sats (reported)
Funding Raised
Products & Services
Vikram-S
retiredAll-carbon-composite single-stage suborbital sounding rocket; first privately developed Indian rocket, flown on Mission Prarambh to ~89.5 km as a technology demonstrator.
Since 2022
Vikram-1
developmentSmall-lift orbital launch vehicle using three solid stages plus a liquid upper stage, designed to deliver smallsat payloads (~350 kg) to low Earth orbit; targeted as India's first private orbital launch.
Vikram-2
developmentLarger small-lift launch vehicle incorporating a cryogenic upper-stage engine, planned to follow Vikram-1.
Kalam series solid motors
developmentSolid-propellant rocket motors (Kalam-100/250/1200) forming the stages of Vikram-1; Kalam-1200 first-stage motor test-fired Aug 2025.
Raman
development3D-printed liquid-propellant engine for the upper/orbital-insertion stage, enabling multi-orbit insertion.
Key Challenges
Vikram-I · LEO · Success