{"id":3041,"date":"2026-07-18T22:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:02:03","slug":"despite-35-minute-delay-vikram-1-keeps-date-with-indian-space-history-with-mission-aagaman-success-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3041","title":{"rendered":"Despite 35 minute delay Vikram-1 keeps date with Indian space history with Mission Aagaman success | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132475580,imgsize-129252,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/vikram-1-lifts-off-photo-credit-pti.jpg\" alt=\"Despite 35 minute delay Vikram-1 keeps date with Indian space history with Mission Aagaman success\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRIHARIKOTA: After some anxious moments when the automatic launch sequence of Vikram-1 was halted midway at just five minutes before lift-off, Skyroot Aerospace finally created history after it successfully placed India\u2019s first privately developed orbital-class rocket into space.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The seven-storey tall Vikram-1 rocket, with a lift-off weight of 45,000 kg, blasted off at 12.05 pm, a good 35 minutes behind the originally scheduled time, from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre-Sriharikota Range on its maiden orbital test flight, Mission Aagaman.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The vehicle completed its planned flight sequence and placed its payloads into the targeted low Earth orbit, validating key systems developed by the Hyderabad-based startup.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke personally with the Skyroot founders Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka on phone and congratulated the duo on the successful completion of Mission Aagaman.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The PM, who sent a postcard into space abroad Vikram-1 with Vande Mataram written on it, pointed out to the Skyroot team that the feat was also momentous coming as it does when Vande Mataram is commemorating 150 years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The feat marks a major milestone for the country\u2019s commercial launch sector and opens a new chapter at Sriharikota 46 years after ISRO\u2019s first successfully launched India\u2019s first launch vehicle SLV-3 into orbit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The launch came exactly 46 years after ISRO\u2019s SLV-3E2 placed the Rohini satellite RS-1 into orbit on July 18, 1980, making India the sixth nation capable of launching satellites independently. Like SLV-3, Vikram-1 stands 22 metres tall, but its success represents a different leap: the arrival of private Indian industry in orbital launch operations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Built with an all-carbon composite structure, Vikram-1 uses in-house propulsion systems, including high-thrust solid-fuel stages and 3D-printed engines. <!-- -->The mission targeted a 450 km orbit at an inclination of 60 degrees and lasted just under 18 minutes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The rocket carried a mix of demonstration and symbolic payloads, including Skyroot\u2019s SCOPE payload, SOLARAS, a 1U CubeSat from Karnataka-based Grahaa Space, Embrace, an in-orbit robotic arm demonstration from Telangana-based Cosmoserve Space, and payloads from Germany\u2019s DCubed GmbH.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>It also carried a handwritten postcard from Prime Minister Narendra Modi bearing the words \u201cVande Mataram\u201d, along with hundreds of letters from Skyroot\u2019s team and supporters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>In attendance at the historic launch were astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh, with his son in tow, in addition to ISRO chairman V Narayanan, IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka and former ISRO director S Somanath.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Founded in 2018 by former ISRO scientists Chandana and Daka, Skyroot had earlier made history on Nov 18, 2022 when Vikram-S became the first privately built Indian rocket to reach space on a suborbital flight. With Aagaman, the company has now moved from demonstration to orbital capability.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/despite-35-minute-delay-vikram-1-keeps-date-with-indian-space-history-with-mission-aagaman-success\/articleshow\/132475561.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRIHARIKOTA: After some anxious moments when the automatic launch sequence of Vikram-1 was halted midway at just five minutes before lift-off, Skyroot Aerospace finally created history after it successfully placed India\u2019s first privately developed orbital-class rocket into space.The seven-storey tall Vikram-1 rocket, with a lift-off weight of 45,000 kg, blasted off at 12.05 pm, a 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