IN-SPACe

The company is studying data from Vikram-1’s successful orbital debut before moving towards regular commercial missions.

The Hyderabad startup’s Mission Aagaman will test Vikram-I in orbit, carry domestic and international customer payloads and gather flight data Skyroot says cannot be fully replicated on the ground.

India’s plan to transfer PSLV technology to private firms marks a wider shift toward commercial launch services, even as recent mission setbacks put reliability back in focus.

Human spaceflight tests, private rocket launches and industrial firsts line up as Isro and startups move from ambition to execution.