Indian Private Space colouring pages

Vikram-S on the launch pad

Medium Skyroot Aerospace

In November 2022 Vikram-S became the first rocket built by an Indian private company to fly to space.

• Its mission was called Prarambh, which means the beginning.
• Some of its small thrusters were 3D printed.

Skyroot Aerospace (Hyderabad): Builds the Vikram series of rockets, named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai.

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Vikram-S blasts off

Easy Skyroot Aerospace

Vikram-S flew up to space and splashed down in the sea, all in about five minutes.

• It flew higher than 80 kilometres.
• The rocket is named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai.

Skyroot Aerospace (Hyderabad): Builds the Vikram series of rockets, named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai.

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Vikram-1, a rocket for orbit

Medium Skyroot Aerospace

Vikram-1 is Skyroot’s bigger rocket, designed to carry small satellites all the way into orbit.

• Its body is made of light, strong carbon fibre.
• Its solid-fuel engines are named Kalam, after Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

Skyroot Aerospace (Hyderabad): Builds the Vikram series of rockets, named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai.

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Agnibaan SOrTeD on its own launch pad

Medium Agnikul Cosmos

In 2024 Agnikul flew Agnibaan SOrTeD from Dhanush, India’s first private launch pad, at Sriharikota.

• SOrTeD means Sub-Orbital Technological Demonstrator.
• Its engine was 3D printed as a single piece.

Agnikul Cosmos (Chennai): Builds the Agnibaan rocket and 3D-printed rocket engines.

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Agnibaan rocket

Medium Agnikul Cosmos

Agnibaan is a two-stage rocket for small satellites. Its first stage can use a cluster of engines.

• Agnibaan means arrow of fire.
• It can be launched from a mobile launch pad.

Agnikul Cosmos (Chennai): Builds the Agnibaan rocket and 3D-printed rocket engines.

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Agnilet, a 3D-printed engine

Medium Agnikul Cosmos

Agnilet is a rocket engine made in one single piece by a 3D printer, with no joints to leak.

• A 3D printer builds things layer by layer.
• Printing an engine can take days instead of months.

Agnikul Cosmos (Chennai): Builds the Agnibaan rocket and 3D-printed rocket engines.

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Pixxel satellite sees hidden colours

Medium Pixxel

Pixxel’s Firefly satellites use hyperspectral cameras that see hundreds of colours, many more than our eyes can.

• Those hidden colours show if crops are healthy or if water is dirty.
• Pixxel launched its first three Firefly satellites in 2025.

Pixxel (Bengaluru): Builds satellites with special cameras that see many more colours than our eyes.

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Digantara tracks space junk

Medium Digantara

Digantara’s space camera satellite watches other objects in orbit so spacecraft can steer clear of junk.

• Old rocket parts and broken satellites are called space debris.
• Knowing where debris is keeps astronauts and satellites safe.

Digantara (Bengaluru): Watches and tracks satellites and space junk so spacecraft can stay safe.

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Bellatrix space taxi

Medium Bellatrix Aerospace

Bellatrix builds thrusters and an orbital transfer vehicle: a space taxi that carries satellites to the orbit they need.

• Some of their thrusters push using electricity and a gas, not fire.
• Tiny pushes, over a long time, can move a satellite a long way.

Bellatrix Aerospace (Bengaluru): Builds thrusters that push satellites around in space, and a space taxi to move them.

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Dhruva Space small satellite

Medium Dhruva Space

Dhruva Space builds small satellites and the frames that hold them. Its Thybolt satellites flew on PSLV in 2022.

• Small satellites can be as tiny as a shoebox.
• Many small satellites can work together as a team.

Dhruva Space (Hyderabad): Builds small satellites, the parts that hold them together, and ground stations to talk to them.

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GalaxEye sees through clouds

Medium GalaxEye

GalaxEye’s Drishti satellite combines radar and a camera, so it can see the ground through clouds, day or night.

• Radar sends out radio waves and listens for them to bounce back.
• Seeing through clouds helps during floods and storms.

GalaxEye (Bengaluru): Builds satellites that can see the ground even through clouds, day or night.

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AzaadiSAT, built by schoolgirls

Easy Space Kidz India

Girls from government schools all over India helped build AzaadiSAT, a tiny satellite that flew on SSLV.

• About 750 students worked on it.
• Its second version, AzaadiSAT-2, flew on SSLV in 2023.

Space Kidz India (Chennai): Helps school students build real satellites, like AzaadiSAT.

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India’s private rockets

Medium

Indian start-ups are building their own rockets: Vikram by Skyroot Aerospace and Agnibaan by Agnikul Cosmos.

• IN-SPACe helps private companies use ISRO’s launch sites and labs.
• More rockets means more ways to get satellites to space.

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