SUB ORBITAL ROCKET

Saraniya Periaswamy, a young engineer at Agnikul Cosmos, navigated a challenging learning curve from dreaming of ocean studies in Port Blair to leading the development of the 3-D printed launch vehicle, Agnibaan SOrTeD. Overcoming setbacks, she succ...

It took just 6.5 years for Chennai startup Agnikul Cosmos to use a rocket with a 3D-printed engine. It promises to revolutionise spacetech.

Saraniya Periaswamy and Umamaheswari K played instrumental roles in the successful debut of the world’s first rocket equipped with a 3D-printed engine by Agnikul Cosmos from Sriharikota. They oversaw the project from inception to launch, highlightin...

Agnikul Cosmos' Agnibaan rocket test flight from Sriharikota marked a significant milestone for the private space sector, using a 3D printed semi-cryogenic engine for the first time.

Agnikul official statement said, the vehicle was completely designed in-house and was powered by the world's first single piece 3D printed engine which is also India's first flight with a semicryo engine. The mission was successful after four failed...

Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos achieved a significant milestone on Thursday by conducting a successful sub-orbital test-flight of its domestically manufactured 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket, named Agnibaan, from its launch pad at Sri...

Following multiple unsuccessful attempts, space startup Agnikul Cosmos achieved a significant breakthrough on Thursday. They successfully conducted a sub-orbital test-flight of their in-house developed 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket named Agnibaan...

India's Agnikul Cosmos delayed the Agnibaan rocket launch to test igniter performance. The rocket can carry 300 kg to orbits 700 km high. Skyroot launched India's first privately developed rocket in 2022 from ISRO's site.

Built by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) at its Vemagal facility in Karnataka, the TSAT-1A was onboard the Bandwagon-1 mission launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in Florida.

Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos on Sunday called off the maiden launch of its 3D-printed, semi-cryogenic Agnibaan rocket about 92 seconds before lift-off citing some technical issues. Sunday's was the third attempt at the test launch of ...

India's space regulator IN-SPACe revealed plans for about 30 space launches in the fourth quarter of 2023-24 and the next fiscal year. The launches include private startups Skyroot and Agnikul, contributing to the Integrated Launch Manifesto. Key mi...

Japan successfully launched the H2A rocket carrying the Optical-8 satellite, enhancing its intelligence-gathering capabilities for monitoring North Korean military activities and responding to natural disasters. Developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industr...

If successful, the startup incubated on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus, will become India’s second private company to make a small satellite launch vehicle. The first one was Skyroot Aersospace, which launched the Vikram S in Nove...

Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos is preparing for the sub-orbital test flight of its 3D-printed rocket Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator (SOrTeD) from its launch pad at Sriharikota. The single-stage rocket is powered by an Agnilet semi-cryo...

The ARKA-series HET, which will demonstrate the solar electric propulsion engine for small satellites, will be flying in the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), where the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) uses the final stage of the roc...

Despite the test flight not being fully completed, SpaceX still considered it a success. "With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s test will help us improve Starship’s reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planet...

The giant rocket is scheduled to blast off from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, at 8:00 am Central Time (1300 GMT). Fallback times are scheduled for later in the week if Monday's launch attempt is delayed -- something billionair...

ISRO further plans to conduct the first runway landing experiment (RLV-LEX) of the reusable launch vehicle early next year from Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka's Chitradurga, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh tol...

Developed by four-year-old startup Skyroot Aerospace, the launch of Vikram-S, named as a tribute to the father of India's space programme Vikram Sarabhai, is the first launch after the space segment was thrown open to private players in 2020. The li...