Skyroot Aerospace advances preparations for its Vikram-1 rocket’s maiden orbital launch from ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, as reported on December 13, 2025. The Hyderabad-based firm, India’s pioneering private space company, has delivered the first stage to the site for integration, with all subsystems slated for readiness within a month, targeting liftoff within two months. Building on the successful suborbital Vikram-S mission, this four-stage vehicle will deploy about 25 percent of its 480 kg low-Earth orbit payload capacity to gather critical data while minimizing risks. The development, recently highlighted by Prime Minister Modi’s unveiling of the rocket and Skyroot’s Infinity Campus on November 27, 2025, underscores India’s burgeoning private space sector and its global competitiveness in small satellite launches.