Skyroot successfully test fires space launch vehicle ‘Vikram-1’ rocket stage

Skyroot successfully test fires space launch vehicle ‘Vikram-1’ rocket stage

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: May 21 2022

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  • Hyderabad-based space tech startup Skyroot Aerospace has announced the successful completion of a full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket engine, the country’s first privately designed and developed rocket.
  • Vikram-1 has three solid fuel-powered stages. Each stage has a burn time ranging between 80 and 108 seconds.
  • The third stage, named Kalam-100 after former President APJ Abdul Kalam, was fired for a duration of 108 seconds.
  • It has been named after former president and rocket scientist APJ Abdul Kalam.
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