Skyroot Vikram-1 Explained: How India’s First Private Orbital Rocket Works, Why It Matters, and the Engineering Behind the Historic Launch

1. Introduction: The Morning a Private Company Sent India to Orbit On the morning of 18 July 2026, a slender rocket about 24 metres tall lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, arced east over the Bay of Bengal, and released its payloads into a near-circular orbit roughly 450 kilometres above the...