{"city":"Hyderabad","name":"Skyroot Aerospace","slug":"skyroot-aerospace","facts":[{"date":"2026-07-20","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-20","type":"deployment","value":"Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, becoming the first private Indian company to reach orbit","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-18","type":"deployment","value":"Vikram-1 rocket successfully reached orbit on its inaugural flight","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-07-12","type":"deployment","value":"Preparing for first orbital launch attempt","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-05-07","type":"funding_round","value":"USD 60000000","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2024-11-20","type":"partnership","value":"Gilmour Space will integrate Spiral Blue’s edge computer and advanced sensors onto the ElaraSat bus for launch by Skyroot Aerospace","source":"Gilmour Space"}],"peers":[{"name":"Rocket Lab","rank":4,"slug":"rocket-lab","score":"88.5"},{"name":"CAS Space","rank":78,"slug":"cas-space","score":"66.5"},{"name":"Isar Aerospace","rank":79,"slug":"isar-aerospace","score":"66.5"},{"name":"Galactic Energy","rank":88,"slug":"galactic-energy","score":"65"}],"stage":"Growth","state":"Telangana","aliases":[],"country":"India","domains":[{"why":"Skyroot Aerospace develops Vikram orbital launch vehicles, including Vikram-1, and offers small-launch services for placing payloads in orbit.","list":"Space 100","rank":87,"tier":"member","layer":"Launch","total":66,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":2,"deployment":5,"production":4,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Small launch"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-31","header":"Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket placed satellites into orbit","outlet":"Inc42"},{"date":"2026-10-15","header":"Indian space startup Link raised $1.8 million in a round led by Aum Ventures.","outlet":"Tech in Asia"},{"date":"2026-10-14","header":"Reflect Orbital ordered two launches from Skyroot Aerospace.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-10-14","header":"OXG Space raised Rs 17 crore in a round led by Aum Ventures.","outlet":"Entrackr"},{"date":"2026-07-21","header":"Skyroot Aerospace became the first private Indian company to reach orbit with Vikram-1.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-20","header":"Skyroot Aerospace is developing the larger Vikram-2 launch vehicle for a 2027 debut.","outlet":"Payload"}],"website":"https://skyroot.in","category":"Space · Launch","categories":[{"name":"Small launch","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Launch"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-11-01T11:00:54.004+00:00","facts_total":7,"positioning":"Skyroot Aerospace is India's flagship private launch company and its first spacetech unicorn ($145M raised, GIC and BlackRock backed), whose Vikram-1 completed a successful maiden orbital flight in July 2026, India's first privately built orbital rocket, putting India alongside the US and China in private orbital launch. It competes in the sub-1,000kg class against Rocket Lab and Firefly, with the ISRO chairman present at the launch briefing (explicit state embrace). It is pre-commercial-revenue, with commercial operations from 2027.","sub_category":"Small launch","signals_total":18,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/skyroot-aerospace","title":"Skyroot Aerospace · space, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Skyroot Aerospace develops Vikram orbital launch vehicles, including Vikram-1, and offers small-launch services for placing payloads in orbit. Space 100 rank 87 (score 66) 18 signals and 7 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}