Hyderabad, Nov 12 (KNN) Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has announced that India’s first privately developed rocket - Vikram-S - is set for a November 15 launch on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads.

It is set for launch from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s launchpad at Sriharikota.

The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), will carry payloads of two Indian and one foreign customers.

The launch is scheduled for 11:30 am, Skyroot Aerospace CEO and co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana had told PTI.

Spacekidz, a Chennai-based aerospace startup, will fly ‘Fun-Sat’, a 2.5 kg payload developed by students from India, the US, Singapore and Indonesia on the sub-orbital flight on board Vikram-S.

With this mission, Skyroot is set to become the first private space company in India to launch a rocket into space.  (KNN Bureau)