PM to launch Skyroot’s multiple launch vehicle facility
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace’s Infinity Campus in Hyderabad on November 27 virtually. The 2-lakh square feet workspace will boost the country’s private space capabilities through designing, developing, integrating and testing multiple launch vehicles, with a capacity to build one orbital rocket every month.
On Wednesday, PM will inaugurate Safran Aircraft Engine Services India and lay the foundation stone for the Safran M88 Rafale engine MRO site.
The Prime Minister will also unveil Vikram-I, Skyroot’s’s first orbital rocket , with the capability to launch satellites to orbit, a Press Information Bureau statement said here on Tuesday.
Founded by Pawan Chandana and Bharath Dhaka, IIT alumni, and ISRO scientist- turned entrepreneurs, the startup launched its sub-orbital rocket, Vikram-S, becoming the first Indian private company to launch a rocket to space.
“The rapid rise of private space enterprises is a testament to the success of the transformative reforms carried out by the Government in the last few years, reinforcing India’s leadership as a confident and capable global space power,” it said.
Published on November 25, 2025
