Demo Flight

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

First launch of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I launch vehicle, with several cubesats on board. Payload identities TBD.

Updates


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 23, 2026, 2:40 p.m.

Reverted to 2026 TBD pending launch period updates.




Vikram-I

Family:
Configuration:

4-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by Indian private company Skyroot Aerospace, with capability of up to 350 kg to Low Earth Orbit. The first 3 stages are powered by solid fuel rocket motors, topped by a hypergolic fuel upper stage.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    20.0 m
  • Diameter
    1.7 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    1200.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Vikram-I
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Vikram-I
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    350.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    260.0 kg

Skyroot Aerospace

Skyroot Aerospace

(Skyroot)

CEO: Pawan Kumar Chandana Founded: 2018 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Indian private launch services provider based in Hyderabad.

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Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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