Skyroot Aerospace Announces Launch Window for Vikram-1 Rocket

Exam-focused facts from the 3 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

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Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace announced a launch window between July 12 and August 4 for the maiden test flight of Vikram-1, India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket.
The mission, named Agaman, will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Vikram-1 is a seven-storey-tall, multi-stage orbital launch vehicle featuring an all-carbon composite structure, 3D-printed engines, and high-thrust solid-fuel rocket boosters.
The rocket is designed to carry small satellites weighing up to 350 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), targeting an altitude of 450 km with a 60-degree orbital inclination.
This follows the successful suborbital flight of Vikram-S on November 18, 2022, which was the first private rocket to reach space from Indian soil.