Skyroot's Success Changes India's Space Future

Skyroot Aerospace became the first private Indian company to reach orbit on its maiden launch (18 July 2026), validating indigenous small-satellite launch capability and signalling investor confidence in India's upstream space sector, which represents only $1.2 billion of a $9 billion economy but underpins all downstream applications.

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