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Skyroot Aerospace

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Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited is a private Indian 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. Skyroot was started in 2018 with a team of ten individuals. Incubated in T–Hub and supported by T–Works, Skyroot became the first private space-tech company in India to launch a suborbital rocket.

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Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited is a private Indian 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. Skyroot was started in 2018 with a team of ten individuals. Incubated in T–Hub and supported by T–Works, Skyroot became the first private space-tech company in India to launch a suborbital rocket.

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2026

With Skyroot at the head of the class, India's private space industry seeks to take off11 May 2026

Skyroot Aerospace raises $60 million, becomes India’s first space-tech unicorn7 May 2026

Indian space-tech company Skyroot Aerospace becomes unicorn7 May 2026

Watch: Skyroot fires new rocket engine, makes diamonds in the air1 Mar 2026

2025

PM Modi inaugurates Skyroot campus, unveils Vikram-I rocket27 Nov 2025

India's Private Space Race Lifts Off with Singapore29 Sep 2025

Inside Skyroot’s Max-Q Campus: Crafting India’s next rocket18 Aug 2025

Skyroot successfully tests India’s largest privately built rocket stage before Vikram-1’s first flight8 Aug 2025

Axiom partners with India’s skyroot to boost access to low-earth orbit26 Jun 2025

Axiom Space Partners with India’s Skyroot Aerospace to Boost Space Exploration26 Jun 2025

Skyroot Aerospace, Axiom Space join hands for low-earth-orbit access26 Jun 2025

Axiom Space ties up with Hyderabad-based Skyroot25 Jun 2025

Skyroot Aerospace’s Kalam-100 engine roars to life in successful static fire test | WATCH7 Apr 2025

Skyroot to Invest Rs 500 Cr in Telangana21 Jan 2025

2024

Isro chief visits Skyroot's Max-Q facility, briefed on Vikram-I developments3 Apr 2024

Skyroot successfully test fires Stage-2 of Vikram 1 space launch vehicle28 Mar 2024

2023

Skyroot Aerospace provides glimpse of Kalam-1200 motor ahead of Vikram I launch1 Nov 2023

Skyroot raises $27.5 mln, heating up India's private sector space race30 Oct 2023

India’s 1st pvt sector rocket facility in unveiled Hyderabad25 Oct 2023

Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fires 3D-printed cryogenic engine for a record 200 seconds4 Apr 2023

2022

Vikram-S, India’s first private rocket, lifts off from ISRO spaceport18 Nov 2022

India’s first private rocket Vikram-S is launched into space | CNN Business18 Nov 2022

2021

Cryogenic: India's first private cryogenic engine test fired by Skyroot25 Nov 2021

Skyroot Aerospace signs MoU with ISRO, this move may revolutionize the industry : CEO17 Sep 2021

2020

Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fired solid-fueled rocket engine29 Dec 2020

2019

With a simpler rocket, Skyroot is eyeing the space17 Apr 2019

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