Skyroot’s Vikram-1, India’s First Private Orbital Rocket, Flagged Off by Telangana CM for Sriharikota
Mumbai, 25 April 2026: Vikram-1, India’s first privately built orbital rocket by Skyroot Aerospace, was flagged off today by Shri A. Revanth Reddy, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, from the company’s Max-Q campus in Hyderabad. Shri D. Sridhar Babu, Hon’ble Minister for IT, Electronics & Communications, Industries & Commerce and Legislative Affairs of Telangana, was also present at the event. The ceremony marked the rocket’s formal departure to the launch site at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. As part of the event, the Chief Minister ceremonially flagged off the rocket’s space-ready payload fairing, the structure that protects the satellites inside the rocket during flight. Addressing Skyroot employees, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri A. Revanth Reddy said the ocassion marks a key milestone in Telangana's pursuit of becoming a global leader in Aerospace sector. He explained that the government is focusing on skilling youth for the aerospace sector thr...