✍Vikram-Suborbital Rocket(VKS)
👉VKS rocket is developed by the the non-government entity/startup, Skyroot Aerospace Pvt Ltd (SAPL).
👉Apart from being the nation’s first private launch, it will also be the maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’.
👉It will carry a total of three payloads in space, including one from the foreign customers.
👉It is a single stage spin stabilized solid propellant rocket with mass of approx. 550 kilograms.
👉The rocket goes to the max altitude of 101 kilometers and splashes into the sea and the overall duration of launch is 300 seconds only.
👉Skyroot was the first startup to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with ISRO for launching its rockets.
