Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace partners with DoS for ISRO facilities and technical expertise
Skyroot Aerospace will get access to facilities and technical expertise available in ISRO centres for its launch vehicle development programme.
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Hyderabad-based spacetech startup
Skyroot Aerospace has entered into a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with the Department of Space (DoS). As a part of this deal, Skyroot will get
access to facilities and technical expertise available in ISRO centres for its launch vehicle development programme.
Taking to Twitter, the spacetech startup said, “We formally signed up with ISRO. This is the beginning of a historic journey together. Our hardware will soon be rolled out to ISRO facilities for testing.”
In an official statement, the startup revealed that its solid propulsion rocket stage has been
built with advanced carbon composite structure in a completely automated process. Carbon composite case is five-times lighter than steel case but is also very challenging to design and manufacture.
“Kalam-5 is a demonstrator solid rocket propulsion stage with exactly the same propellant, materials, and interfaces as the three solid propulsion stages of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle. It gives a peak Sea Level thrust of 5.3kN and designed to take 66 atmospheres and 30,000 C of combustion pressure and temperature respectively,” Pawan Kumar Chandana Co-founder & CEO of Skyroot Aerospace, said in a statement.