# Skyroot Aerospace, India's first spacetech unicorn, is poised for global growth.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-07 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- Skyroot Aerospace is preparing for the Vikram-1 orbital launch carrying both domestic and international payloads.
- Skyroot has seen significant demand from US, European, and Southeast Asian customers for dedicated satellite launches.
- Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo and Alphabet board member, will join Skyroot’s board post latest funding.
- Vikram-II will nearly double payload capacity compared to Vikram-I and is targeted for launch next year.
- Skyroot is seeing new commercial interest in space data centres and optical communications applications.

**Companies:** Skyroot Aerospace
**Countries:** India, United States, European Union

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