Skyroot Aerospace is gearing up for a landmark moment in India’s private spaceflight story, with its Vikram-1 rocket now on track for a maiden launch.

The Hyderabad-based startup is preparing to become the first Indian private company to put a homegrown rocket into orbit, marking a major milestone in the country’s nascent commercial launch sector.

Co-founder Bharat Daka told IndiaToday.in in an exclusive conversation that the Vikram-1 launch vehicle has already reached the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, where integration and assembly are currently underway. He said all subsystems are expected to be ready within about a month, after which the rocket will move into its final round of validation ahead of the debut flight.

The upcoming mission will use roughly 25 per cent of t

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