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India's space programme will soar into new skies on Friday when the country's first privately developed rocket, Vikram-S would be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from its spaceport in Sriharikota, about 115 kms from Chennai.

The mission named Prarambh or “the beginning” will be launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spaceport at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota off the Andhra Pradesh coast at 1130 hrs on Friday, November 18.

Skyroot Aerospaces Vikram-S will soar to an altitude of 81 km after its launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Skyroot Aerospace is set to launch India’s first privately developed rocket, Vikram-S, the Hyderabad-headquartered startup said on Tuesday.  The final preparations are on at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s launch-pad in Sriharikota and a launch window between November 12 and 16 has been notified by the authorities. The date will be confirmed

Skyroot Aerospace and Bellatrix Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use the Orbital Transfer Vehicle being developed by Bellatrix Aerospace in the upper stage of Vikram series of launch vehicles being developed by Skyroot. An Orbital Transfer Vehicle is a spacecraft that can perform various in-orbit operations including deployment of customer payload to precise orbits, allowing a launch vehicle to deliver satellites to more orbits than what was conventionally possible...