Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian Space-Tech startup launched its first rocket into space at 11:30 am today.

Vikram-S is a single stage fuel rocket meant to test most systems and processes in Skyroot Aerospace’s project ahead of the launch of Vikram-1 scheduled for next year.

Vikram-S rocket, the first of the Vikram-series took off from the ISRO launchpad in Sriharikota. This is the first private rocket launch taking place in India.

Today's launch was a sub-orbital one, meaning the vehicle will reach outer space, but it will not remain in orbit around the Earth, with the flight time being less than five minutes.

Naga Bharath Daka and Pawan Chandan founded Skyroot in 2018