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Agnibaan SOrTeD

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The Chennai headquartered space start-up Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited is set to launch its first rocket Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD).

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About Agnibaan SOrTeD

Agnibaan SOrTeD - will be-
- India’s first launch from a private Launchpad
- India’s first semi-cryogenic engine powered rocket launch
- India’s first liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket flight in India, from India’s first privately developed launchpad, in Sriharikota
- The world’s first single piece 3D printed engine designed and built indigenously.
This is a sub-orbital launch but it is not a sounding rocket.
It has the full stack of closed loop feedback guidance and control with a gimballed thrust vector control.

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About Cosmos

Founded in: 2017
Cosmos became the first company in the country to sign an agreement with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the IN-SPACe initiative to have access to the space agency’s expertise and its facilities to build Agnibaan in December 2020.

Mission Prarambh

Agnikul’s rocket is the second privately-developed rocket in India.
In 2022, Vikram-S, India’s first privately-developed rocket, lifted off from the ISRO launchpad in Sriharikota.
Developed by the Hyderabad-based start-up Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited, the 6-metre tall vehicle hit a peak altitude of 89.5 kilometres and then splashed into the Bay of Bengal about five minutes after the launch.

Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)

IN-SPACe is a single-window, independent, nodal agency that functions as an autonomous agency in the Department of Space (DOS).
It is formed following the Space sector reforms to enable and facilitate the participation of private players.

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