Skyroot’s Vikram-1 lifted off from Sriharikota and dropped 4 satellites into a 450-kilometer orbit — making India the t…

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Skyroot’s Vikram-1 lifted off from Sriharikota and dropped 4 satellites into a 450-kilometer orbit — making India the third country on earth with a private company that’s reached orbit, after the US and China. Two engineers, Pawan Chandana and Bharath Daka, left secure jobs at ISRO in 2018 to build it. Eight years later they’re a $1.1 billion company and India’s first space unicorn. The unlock was policy. India deregulated space in 2020, letting startups license launches and rent ISRO’s pads…

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