Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore’s GIC: Particulars

Skyroot Aerospace on Friday revealed that it had raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from a Singapore-based investor, based on a report. The startup will reportedly use the funding to construct the nation’s first non-public area launch autos (SLV), and speed up the agency’s plans to launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit. It’s trying to begin business satellite tv for pc launches by mid-2023, and has an information and experience sharing settlement with the Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO), as per a report. 

The Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace mentioned on Friday that it had raised $51 million (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from capital funding agency GIC (the Authorities of Singapore Funding Company) which led its newest spherical of funding, based on a report by Reuters. The agency is reportedly trying to obtain full-fledged business satellite tv for pc launch scale inside a yr. 

Skyroot Aerospace reportedly needs to start business satellite tv for pc launches by mid-2023. Its SLV is claimed to be created from carbon fibre and helps payloads as heavy as 800kg. The agency says it has begun to ebook slots for launching payloads, as per the report.  

Again in June, the nation’s area noticed main occasions in privatisation initiatives. These included ISRO’s Polar Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (PSLV) carrying payloads of two Indian area sector startups, and the the launch of the primary demand-driven satellite tv for pc ordered by Tata Play, based on PTI. 

An earlier research by the Centre for Improvement Research and Indian Institute of House Science and Know-how had pegged India’s area economic system at $ 5 billion (roughly Rs. 39,860 crore) for the 2020-21 fiscal, as per the report.