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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #60 on: 11/18/2022 09:48 am »
@SkyrootA, @isro, @INSPACeIND all set for Mission Prarambh flying Vikram-S suborbital launch vehicle from Sriharikota.

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1593482677885095937

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #61 on: 11/18/2022 09:49 am »
Mission Prarambh is successfully accomplished.

Congratulations @SkyrootA
Congratulations India!

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1593486083597008898

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #62 on: 11/18/2022 09:50 am »
Ascent of @SkyrootA's Vikram-S launcher today from Sriharikota #MissionPrarambh..

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1593497247110483968

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #63 on: 11/18/2022 09:51 am »
A proud moment for the country!

Vikram-S, India's first privately made rocket was successfully launched today by ISRO. It demonstrates India’s scientific prowess and capabilities of our private space industry.

Congratulations to @ISRO, @INSPACeIND and @SkyrootA

https://twitter.com/rashtrapatibhvn/status/1593548162475909122

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #64 on: 11/18/2022 10:33 am »
India's startup Skyroot will attempt their first launch of sounding rocket Vikram-S in just one hour, at ~06:00UTC. ~290s flight with maximum altitude >80km. Good Luck!

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1593470721501511680

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #65 on: 11/18/2022 07:23 pm »
So Vikram-S is meant to pave the way for Vikram-1, which is scheduled for launch to LEO in Q3 of 2023:

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/skyroot-successfully-launches-india-s-first-private-sector-rocket-vikram-s-122111800348_1.html

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The Vikram-S rocket aimed at validating 80 per cent of technologies that will be used in the Vikram-1 orbital vehicle, planned for launch next year. The rocket carried three payloads built by Andhra Pradesh-based N Space Tech India, Chennai-based start-up Space Kids, and Armenian BazoomQ Space Research Lab.
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https://theprint.in/science/5-minute-flight-2-indian-1-foreign-payloads-india-to-launch-first-private-rocket-today/1222748/

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The 2.5 kg Space Kidz India payload was a satellite built by middle school students from India, Indonesia, Singapore, Seychelles, and the US, CEO and founder Srimathy Kesan told ThePrint. It contained a a microcontroller and ten sensors designed on eighty 4 cm x 4 cm printed circuit boards (PCB boards). The sensors were for measuring temperature, humidity, pressure, volatile organic compounds and gases, light and Hall effect. There are also infrared sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer.

“As part of our vision to make space as accessible and economical and provide hands-on experience for children we have named the satellite FunSat,” Kesan added.

The other Indian payload was called LakshyaSat-2 and was a 200g, 1U (unit) cubesat built by Tenali-based startup N-space Tech, with sensors.

“The purpose of the mission is to test if the payload can withstand the harsh space environment,” said founder and director Divya Kurapati. “The next version will fly to low earth orbit with Skyroot in the future.”

The third payload was an international satellite from the education non-profit Bazoomq Space Research Lab in Yerevan, Armenia.
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The rocket was powered by solid fuel and uses all-composite materials. It also used 3D-printed solid thrusters for spin stability.
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Next for the company is the launch of its Vikram-1 commercial vehicle with three solid stages and one liquid stage (solid and liquid propellants) towards the end of 2023.

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #66 on: 11/18/2022 11:00 pm »

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #67 on: 11/20/2022 04:04 am »

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #68 on: 11/20/2022 07:43 am »
https://twitter.com/skyroota/status/1594239970021371904

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It is not just rocket fuel that successfully fired the Vikram-S, but the sweat, perseverance, emotions and teamwork of a band of people from across skillsets and specializations, bonded together by the passion to achieve. Our champions!
#Prarambh #OpeningSpaceForAll

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #69 on: 11/20/2022 01:08 pm »
https://twitter.com/skyroota/status/1594310199086436352

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Presenting to you, the riveting moments of India’s first private rocket launch. Watch the beauty of Vikram-S lift-off unfolding before your eyes, captured by the highspeed camera at over 1,000 frames per second.
#Prarambh #OpeningSpaceForAll

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #70 on: 11/25/2022 04:39 am »
https://twitter.com/skyroota/status/1596002655398113280

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Our Vikram-S launch is a landmark that triggered a lot of euphoria, and leaves behind a legacy of sorts that include top-of-the-rack tech and craft of people who built it. Get a glimpse of what went behind closed doors to make Vikram-S a winner at the very first launch.
#Prarambh

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #71 on: 11/25/2022 09:22 am »
twitter.com/pawankchandana/status/1596019269577629696

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Building Vikram-S has been extremely challenging than what we imagined when we started it 2yrs ago. It experiences 16g’s & 8 times the aerodynamic and thermal stress vs the Vikram-1. Getting the aero and flight dynamics right was a nightmare needing a ton of simulations & tests.

https://twitter.com/pawankchandana/status/1596019274585636864

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Building a rocket and launching it to Space is highest levels of precision and perfection at play. No wonder why it’s so difficult &very few companies achieved. Extremely happy we cracked it in 1st attempt. Journey has been learnings for a lifetime for @SkyrootA team🚀
#Prarambh

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #72 on: 11/26/2022 08:16 pm »
Well, it was a sounding rocket which used spin-stabilization, without even any active guidance. It made it to the 80km mark, which is technically below the Von Karman line of 100km. But good enough - it wasn't meant to set any records, it was just meant to test some basic hardware that could be used on their Vikram-1 orbital launch a year from now. And very importantly, it was done very cheaply.
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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #73 on: 12/03/2022 07:16 am »
https://twitter.com/SkyrootA/status/1598951844390219776

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As India's first private rocket, the Vikram-S, soared into the skies making history, it elated every one who believed in the potential of space technologies including our payload customers. Here’s a glimpse of the customer payloads carried to space.
#Prarambh #OpeningSpaceForAll

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #74 on: 12/11/2022 06:04 am »
https://twitter.com/skyroota/status/1601833628601765888

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The Swadeshi Rocketeers sums up Vikram-S launch & buoyant emotions of success and impact. This superb piece by space editor @pallavabagla and @News9Plus portrays evolution of space sector through pioneering efforts of our inspiring space scientists.
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https://www.news9plus.com/shortvideo/the-swadeshi-rocketeers

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #75 on: 12/28/2022 04:37 am »
https://twitter.com/pawankchandana/status/1607971230736584704

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2022 has been a memorable year and a great beginning for Team @SkyrootA through the success of mission #Prarambh

Humbling to get featured with @bharathdaka on the cover of @IndiaToday this month, with a wonderful article inside from @rajchengappa on Vikram-S launch &Pvt sector

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #76 on: 04/04/2023 04:15 pm »
Nice engine...

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #77 on: 04/04/2023 04:20 pm »
I think this is intended as the second-stage engine of their Vikram II rocket. I wonder if they plan to quickly move on from Vikram I (which has solid motors on both its first and second stages), using it more as a testbed for the first stage (which is shared with Vikram II) rather than an operational vehicle in its own right.

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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #78 on: 04/04/2023 04:58 pm »
So this 3D-printed Dhawan-2 engine from Skyroot is LOX-LNG

from the video description:

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Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested ‘Dhawan-II’ on 31st March 2023, the upgraded version of 'Dhawan- I' India’s first privately developed Fully-Cryogenic rocket engine which was test fired in Nov'21. The engine which is completely 3D printed has undergone long duration endurance test for 200 seconds, a record for Skyroot, making it a major milestone for our Cryogenic program. The engine has been named in honour of eminent Indian Space scientist Dr. Satish Dhawan.

Dhawan - II uses Liquid Natural Gas (more than 90% Methane) and Liquid Oxygen as cryogenic propellants, which are high-performance, low-cost, and green. This engine has a vacuum thrust of around 3.5kN at total area ratio and will be used in the upper stage of our orbital vehicle Vikram-2. The mobile test stand was indigenously developed by Skyroot and test firing was conducted in one of its kind facility of our partner Solar Industries at Nagpur.
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Re: Skyroot Aerospace
« Reply #79 on: 06/21/2023 09:24 pm »
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Thrilled to announce the successful flight qualification testing of our Raman-I engine used for roll attitude control of the Vikram-I rocket. As the first ever test done at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of @isro by a private company, this test is special. Many thanks to LPSC and @INSPACeIND teams for their incredible support all through.

https://twitter.com/SkyrootA/status/1671416833579286529

 

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