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Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fire solid-fueled rocket engine

Indian Space startup, Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired a solid propulsion rocket engine, named Kalam-5.

Sumit Arora Last updated on September 12th, 2024 10:45 am Leave a comment

Indian Space startup, Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired a solid propulsion rocket engine, named Kalam-5. With this, it has become the first private company of India to successfully design, develop and test a full solid-fueled rocket stage. This crucial propulsion technology will be used for their maiden rocket Vikram-1, which is under active manufacturing and is targeted to be launched in December 2021 with the help of ISRO.

About Kalam

Kalam is a series of five solid-fueled rocket engines with a thrust ranging from 5kN to 1000kN (approx 100Tons). The remaining four motors are in various stages of manufacturing and will be tested in 2021.

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Founder and CEO of Skyroot Aerospace: Pawan Kumar Chandana.
Skyroot Aerospace Founded: 12 June 2018.
Skyroot Aerospace Headquarters location: Hyderabad.

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