Skyroot to test Vikram series of rockets
CONTEXT:
- Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad startup, is gearing up to test-launch its ‘Vikram’ series of rockets to send satellites into space by mid-2021.
- The aerospace company is betting big on the proposed Space Activities Bill-2017 which is under discussion at the Cabinet-level.
- Once the Bill is passed, it would enable and regulate the activities related to space by the private players.