India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
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#2Fantastic news! Always good to see others manage achieve great things.
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#3That's pretty cool. The phrase "3D-printed engine" stuck out to me as neat, too.
Re: India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
#4Extremely strong performance from India’s Skyroot with their Vikram-1 rocket. I can say that many in the space industry are looking for new launch capacity to LEO.
Re: India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
#5That's pretty cool. The phrase "3D-printed engine" stuck out to me as neat, too.
Rocket Lab has been printing engines for some time now
Re: India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
#6Extremely strong performance from India’s Skyroot with their Vikram-1 rocket. I can say that many in the space industry are looking for new launch capacity to LEO.
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#8Only the third country to achieve this. Kudos.
There's another startup trying reusable rockets.
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#9India's space work often went under the radar. Im glad they're getting the success and attention they deserve.
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#10And with $160MM in funding at a $1.1B valuation? I don't know about their debt, but to get to LEO in 8 years on that little money is extremely impressive.