New Delhi: India has created another history today. India has achieved success in the space sector. India has successfully launched its first private rocket Vikram-S from SriHarikota. It is considered to be the beginning of a new era in the country’s space. The rocket took off for space at 11.30 am today. Along with this, India has achieved a new success in the history of space.
A new history was written in the world of space on 18 November 2022 at 11.30 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The Vikram-SA rocket of Hyderabad-based private space company Skyroot Aerospace took off. The rocket went into space at five times the speed of sound. ie at hypersonic speed. Skyroot is a four year old company. Who built the Vikram-S rocket. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) helped launch it. This mission is named Start. Pawan Kumar Chandna, CEO and co-founder of the company said that this is a test flight. ISRO had fixed the launch window for its flight.
This rocket is named after the famous Indian scientist and founder of ISRO, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. Recently ISRO chief Dr. Somnath also unveiled the mission patch of Skyroot Company’s Mission Start. Two indigenous and one foreign payload are also going on this rocket. This six meter tall rocket is the world’s first all composite rocket. It has 3D-propagated solid thrusters. So that its spin capacity can be handled.
There are three commercial payloads, these matters will be investigated
The rocket avionics, telemetry, tracking, inertial measurement, global positioning system, onboard camera, data acquisition and power system will be tested when the rocket takes off. This is a sub-orbital flight. In which Chennai-based space startup SpaceKidz, Andhra Pradesh-based N-SpaceTech and Armenia’s BazoomQ Space Research Lab’s satellites are going.
Pawan Chandana said that Vikram-S will make a sub-orbital flight. Skyroot is the first private space company in the country to achieve this feat. With its success, India will be among the leading countries in the world in terms of private space company rocket launching. This rocket is made entirely of carbon fiber.
A SpaceKidz satellite built by kids
SpaceKidz’s satellite weighs 2.5 kg. The help of children from America, Indonesia, Singapore, Seychelles and India has been taken to make it. This satellite has been built by children under the guidance of scientists. The name of this satellite is Funsat. This satellite has more than 80 parts.
The rocket has a 3D printed cryogenic engine
The Vikram-S rocket has a 3D printed cryogenic engine. The test was done last year on November 25 at the test facility of Solar Industry Limited in Nagpur. These rockets will place small satellites in fixed orbits of space. The weight of this rocket is 545 kg. The diameter is 0.375 m. It flew at an altitude of 83 to 100 km.
Launching of rockets will be 30-40% cheaper
3D cryogenic engine is more reliable than normal cryogenic engine. It is also 30 to 40 percent cheaper. This cryogenic engine will also be used in Vikram-2 and 3. Skyroot currently plans to build three types of rockets. Vikram-1, 2 and 3. The reason for the cheaper launch is also the change in its fuel. Instead of conventional fuel, LNG i.e. Liquid Natural Gas and Liquid Oxygen (LoX) have been used. It is economical and pollution free.
Learn about Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram rocket
The Vikram-1 rocket can deploy a payload of 225 kg to an SSPO of 500 km altitude or a payload of 315 kg to a low Earth orbit of 500 km. This rocket is made in 24 hours. The Vikram-2 rocket can place a payload of 410 kg in a SSPO of 500 km and a payload of 520 kg in a low earth orbit of 500 km. A cryogenic engine will be installed in its upper part. The Vikram-3 rocket will carry a payload of 580 kg in a SSPO of 500 km and a payload of 730 kg in a low earth orbit of 500 km. Both rockets can be built and launched in 72 hours.