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Detailed explanation-1: -Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace has successfully tested the Kalam-100 engine that will power the third stage of the Vikram-1 launch vehicle .

Detailed explanation-2: -Chennai, May 19: Private sector rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace Private Ltd successfully tested its Vikram-1 rocket’s third stage/engine. The company on Thursday announced the completion of the milestone of full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developed by four-year-old Hyderabad-based 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vikram-S rocket launched from the sounding rocket complex of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Detailed explanation-5: -ALL ABOUT SKYROOT AEROSPACE Two years later, it became the first Indian private company to successfully test-fire a full-scale liquid propulsion engine followed by a solid rocket stage.