Hyderabad, Aug. 9 -- Skyroot Aerospace, the Hyderabad-based, space startup last night achieved a significant milestone ahead of its maiden flight of its orbital launch vehicle, Vikram-1 later in 2025.

The company successfully static test fired the rocket's Stage 1 carbon composite solid fuel booster stage at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre- SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Vikram-1 is India's first privately developed orbital launch vehicle.

The static test, conducted under the aegis of ISRO, validated the performance of the 30-ton booster stage of Skyroot's orbital launch vehicle, Vikram-1.

Named Kalam-1200 - after former President of India and renowned rocket scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - the rocket stage is the largest monolithi...