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- Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace launched its Vikram-1 rocket from ISRO's First Launch Pad at Sriharikota on July 18, 2026, placing payloads into orbit about 450 km above the earth.
- The mission, named Aagaman, took a little over fifteen minutes from liftoff to orbit.
- With this flight, India became only the third country after the United States and China whose private industry can reach orbit on its own launch vehicle.
- The rocket's engines use 3D printing, which Skyroot says cuts mass, component count and lead time compared with conventional manufacturing.
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- Performance of the payloads in the 450 km orbit after deployment
- Details on how the 3D-printed engines performed during the orbital flight
- Skyroot's next launches following this first orbital success
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