Overview
- Skyroot raised about $60 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming India’s first space‑tech unicorn with investors including BlackRock and GIC.
- CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana said the Vikram-1 orbital rocket could fly within the next couple of months.
- Vikram-1 is designed to place up to 350 kg of small satellites into low Earth orbit using solid lower stages, a liquid upper stage, and 3D‑printed engines.
- The Hyderabad company has grown to more than 1,000 employees and operates two manufacturing campuses named Max‑Q and Campus Infinity.
- India opened its space sector to private firms in 2020, and Skyroot’s next test is to prove repeat launches and convert that policy shift into steady commercial demand.