Skyroot AerospaceIn Development
An in-development Skyroot rocket named in the Oct. 14, 2026 sale of two dedicated launches to Reflect Orbital. Skyroot says Vikram-1U adds first-stage boosters and improves performance relative to Vikram-1. That release does not give a payload figure or a first-flight date.
Latest update Oct 16, 2026
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Second vehicle on Reflect Orbital's two-launch purchase announced Oct. 14, 2026. Price and mission dates were not disclosed.
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On Oct. 14, 2026, Reflect Orbital said it purchased two dedicated Skyroot Aerospace launches for future spacecraft. The first uses Vikram-1 and the second uses Vikram-1U, which Skyroot describes as an in-development rocket with additional first-stage boosters. Payload reported that a Reflect spokesperson said the company is the only payload for now, and that price and launch dates were not disclosed.
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Skyroot's orbital small-satellite launcher: about 22 meters tall, built from carbon composite rather than metal, with three solid stages (Kalam-1200, Kalam-250, Kalam-100) and a 3D-printed Raman liquid upper stage that can start, stop, and restart in space to place payloads precisely. It carries 350 kg to a 500 km low Earth orbit or 260 kg to sun-synchronous polar orbit, and reached orbit on its first flight, July 18, 2026.
The heavier follow-on, built around the Dhawan cryogenic upper stage that burns liquid natural gas and liquid oxygen and is 3D-printed in-house. It is designed for 900 kg to low Earth orbit and 600 kg to sun-synchronous polar orbit, roughly tripling Skyroot's addressable payload class. Dhawan-III validated a 145-second endurance burn in February 2026.
The single-stage suborbital demonstrator that flew Mission Prarambh on November 18, 2022, reaching about 89.5 km and becoming the first privately built Indian rocket to launch. It proved the solid propulsion, avionics, and stage design that Vikram-1 later carried to orbit, and it remains the company's proof that the 2020 reforms were real.
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