Skyroot Aerospace se acerca a su lanzamiento orbital con el cohete Vikram-1

La principal empresa espacial privada de la India está encaminada para intentar su primer vuelo orbital a finales de este año. Skyroot Aerospace planea lanzar el vehículo Vikram-1 en los próximos meses, tras completar las pruebas finales.

El gobierno indio abrió su sector espacial a empresas privadas en 2020, permitiendo que las firmas construyan y lancen cohetes utilizando instalaciones estatales. Este cambio de política siguió al crecimiento de las industrias espaciales comerciales en Estados Unidos y China. Skyroot, fundada en 2018, se ha consolidado como el actor más avanzado en el nuevo ecosistema.

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