Skyroot Aerospace

Overview

ORBITAL — first private Indian company to reach orbit

Technology

Vikram 1 — Height: ~22 m, seven storeys

Vikram 1 — Architecture: 3 solid stages (carbon-composite casings) + liquid Orbit Adjustment Module

Vikram 1 — Payload to leo: 350 kg

Vikram 1 — Demonstrated orbit: 450 km, 60° inclination

Vikram 1 — Airframe: Primarily carbon-composite rather than metal, cutting weight substantially

Vikram 1 — Oam: 3D-printed liquid kick stage, restartable in space, fired ~6 minutes on Aagaman

Vikram 2 — Payload to leo: up to 1,000 kg

Vikram 2 — Upper stage: Dhawan-series LNG/LOX cryogenic

Vikram 2 — First flight: 2027 target

Infrastructure

Infinity campus: ~200,000 sq ft facility inaugurated by PM Modi on 27 November 2025, where Vikram-1 was publicly unveiled. Designed for design, development, integration and testing of multiple launch vehicles, with stated capacity to build one orbital rocket per month.

Funding

Total raised: ~$158–165 million across 11 rounds (Tracxn's narrower count: $145M)

Valuation: $1.1 billion — India's first and only space-tech unicorn

Latest equity: $60 million, May 2026, co-led by Sherpalo Ventures and GIC Singapore

Debt: ₹100 crore non-convertible debentures from BlackRock, March 2026

Investors — Sherpalo Ventures

Investors — GIC Singapore

Investors — BlackRock-managed funds

Investors — Arkam Ventures

Investors — Peak XV Partners

Change since v3: $50.5M / $520M → ~$158M / $1.1B

Strategy

Chandana has stated the company will not follow the pattern of a first launch followed by a long gap. Commercial operations targeted for 2027. The pitch is dedicated delivery to a precise orbit, versus large launchers dropping payloads in approximate positions that operators must then correct using onboard fuel.

Research notes

Isro dependency note: ISRO provided motor casting and test facilities, liquid engine testing, trajectory analysis, safety support, vehicle integration and the launchpad itself. IN-SPACe coordinated access and authorisation. Worth stating plainly — a lot of coverage framed Aagaman as purely private.

Import provenance

Imported from IFSC Archive dataset v5.0, research snapshot 2026-08-16.