10 comments

  • zbentley 12 minutes ago
    And with $160MM in funding at a $1.1B valuation? I don't know about their debt, but to get to LEO in 8 years on that little money is extremely impressive.
  • walrus01 3 minutes ago
    The first, second and third stages all being solid rockets also means India now has a global-range ICBM, with only a little bit of modification needed to make it storable in a silo. Privately developed, but I would be astonished if the Indian military isn't well aware of this new capability.
  • ambicapter 3 minutes ago
    4 stages feels like a lot of added complexity for your first launch. I assume it gives you more performance margin to drop weight/stages more often?
    • walrus01 1 minute ago
      It's three solid rocket boosters stacked on top of each other and a very tiny liquid fueled engine on the 4th stage. I would be interested in what the delta/v stats/capability of the 4th stage booster are with 350 kg payload.
  • sidcool 16 minutes ago
    Only the third country to achieve this. Kudos.

    There's another startup trying reusable rockets.

  • vjsrinivas 14 minutes ago
    India's space work often went under the radar. Im glad they're getting the success and attention they deserve.
  • jdiez17 57 minutes ago
    Extremely strong performance from India’s Skyroot with their Vikram-1 rocket. I can say that many in the space industry are looking for new launch capacity to LEO.
    • hulitu 51 minutes ago
      > Extremely strong performance

      Strong ? They shall learn from SpaceX how one explodes rockets on the launch pad. /s

  • nubg 6 minutes ago
    Superpower by 2026 it seems
  • bovermyer 1 hour ago
    That's pretty cool. The phrase "3D-printed engine" stuck out to me as neat, too.
  • ColdStream 4 days ago
    Fantastic news! Always good to see others manage achieve great things.
  • guess_who_is 16 minutes ago
    Vikram-1 is distilled version of Saturn-V