Rocket Report: Russia claims success with new ICBM; spaceplane déjà vu in Europe

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Rocket Report: Russia claims success with new ICBM; spaceplane déjà vu in Europe

Skyroot named its initial line of vehicles “Vikram” in honor of the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai, who is considered the father of the Indian space program. …

Skyroot named its initial line of vehicles “Vikram” in honor of the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai, who is considered the father of the Indian space program. As a testbed for its technology, Skyroot worked on a suborbital version of its rocket, Vikram-S, from 2020 to 2022 and launched the 6-meter rocket in November of that year. …

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