New Delhi, July 2 -- India's first private orbital rocket is ready for launch. The startup behind the Vikram-1 test flight, Skyroot Aerospace, announced that Mission Aagaman will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, anytime between July 12 and August 4, 2026.

The exact launch date has not yet been confirmed. "The countdown to a new chapter in Indian spaceflight begins," the company announced on X on Thursday, July 2.

Vikram-1, expected to lift off as early as July 12, follows the successful Vikram-S launch in November 2022, taking Skyroot's ambitions from suborbital to orbital missions.

The launch comes as India opens its state-dominated space sector ​to private companies, seeking a bigger sh...