Tour of Skyroot Aerospace's factory in Hyderabad, India, where they build solid-propellant rockets. The company launched a suborbital flight in 2022 and an orbital rocket in 2026, and is now building liquid-propellant vehicles and working toward reusable, human-rated launchers.
Okay, I am at Skyroots in Hyderabad in India. This is India's private space company. I mean, there's multiple, but this is the real success story. These guys have launched twice, a suborbital rocket in 2022 and then an orbital rocket in 2026. And there's a new rocket coming to life right behind me. You can see some of the rocket bodies. So we're in there. This is the Max-Q factory, and later we're gonna show you the— Infinity Factory where they're getting even bigger private space. Big deal all around the world, but not many countries have really pulled it off. The United States, China, New Zealand, and India with Skyroot. We're gonna hang out with the 2 co-founders in a few minutes, and we're gonna do a factory tour. And this company is like, it is a thing in India. It's already a space-loving country, and now they're doing private space. And these guys have been successful. They've fully of 20-something-year-old engineers. This is where you want to be if you're a young engineer in India, and, um, it's kind of like an inspiration for the whole country. You can see the first rocket back up there, and here's the blueprint for the second rocket that's coming. They do a 4-stage rocket, and they've been using solid rocket motors, and then I think they're switching over time to liquid-fueled, and they have plans to get into reusable and even human-rated rockets in the future. Um, anyway, super excited to be here. Skyroot, amazing. Mm-hmm. Got the Indian flag back there. Super cool.
