Vikram-1: India’s First Private Orbital Launch Signals a New Space Economy
India has crossed a threshold in its space programme. On 18 July 2026, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 lifted off from Sriharikota and became the first privately developed Indian rocket to reach orbit on its maiden attempt, placing the SCOPE and Grahaa satellites into Low Earth Orbit. The Department of Space called it proof that the 2020 … Read more