SpaceX has been known in the international community as the most successful private space company ever- and for various reasons. But, undoubtedly, it has also contributed to the progress of its own country- America. After all, America won't be able to launch humans for years if it hadn't been for SpaceX.
India had been lacking a SpaceX, until now.
As we progress, we get closer to our goal. Space agencies of this world with a lot of hard work have brought us closer to a new era- THE ERA OF SPACE.Space X like private organizations have boosted the space progress in their respective countries and so will Sky Root aerospace.
About the Company
- Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited is an Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- The Company was founded by former engineers and scientists from ISRO, DRDO and various aerospace companies and aims to develop and launch its own series of Vikram series of small lift launch vehicles.
- Skyroot Aerospace was formed in January 2017 by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists Pawan Kumar Chandana, Naga Bharath Daka and Vasudevan Gnanagandhi and a small group of entrepreneurs who self-funded the company.
The Rocket
They have designed the rocked named "Vikram".
- Vikram, named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian Space Program, is a series of launch vehicles especially crafted for the small satellite market.
- Built on a common architecture and covering a wide range of payloads, they offer the most affordable and on-demand ride to space.
- This will be in direct competition with New Zealand's Rocket Lab, which is also targetting the small satellite market
- It can carry a payload of :
225 kg to 500 km SSPO.
315 kg to 45ยบ inclination 500 km LEO.
- Other specialities include -
Highly reliable solid propulsion stages with proven design heritage.
Miniaturized and Modern Avionics.
Ultra-Lowshock Pneumatic separation.
(Even we don't understand these, but this sounds cool.) - The Vikram II and Vikram III are modifications to the Vikram I- Just bigger and with higher and higher payload capacities, but the advanced Cryogenic Methalox engine replaces the third stage of Vikram 1.
- The Vikram III also has additional low cost Strapped on Solid Rocket Boosters
(WE LOVE ROCKETS WITH SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS!!! )
The Engine
Skyroot is using a unique way to make their engine - 3D printing.
The Dhawan-1 rocket engine was aptly unveiled on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Satish Dhawan.
According to a statement released by the Startup, it said that the engine has been named after the celebrated scientist and mathematician to honour and respect his critical role in the development of the Indian space sector and taking ISRO to new heights of success during his term as the ISRO Chairman in 1972.
Skyroot Aerospace also mentioned that the Dhawan-1 rocket engine in a completely 3D printed cryogenic engine and proudly revealed that it is 100% “Made in India” product.
They will use LNG as fuel. Liquid Natural gas (LNG) is a clean-burning, low-cost, highly-reusable, and safe cryogenic fuel, which is also ideal for long-duration deep space missions carrying satellites or human, so we think its a good choice....
Achievements
Skyroot has also nailed some achievements -
It became India's first private company to test its upper-stage rocket engine,
It became India's first private company to test its upper-stage rocket engine,
We can confirm that they have a great website (better than the ISRO website)
and we are sure that list will keep getting bigger and bigger as the company continues to thrive.
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By Dhravya Shah and Sushant Pulipati
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