Agnikul eyes launching satellites by 2025: CEO Srinath Ravichandran
economictimes.indiatimes.comspace startup Agnikul Cosmos is hoping to start launching satellites early next year. In an interview with PTI, Agnikul cofounder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran said the 3D-printed semi-cryogenic engines and the rocket will offer quick turnaround for customers who will be able to have customised launch vehicles for their satellites.
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«Nine to 12 months I would say. Probably by the end of this financial year or the early part of the next financial year is what we are targeting,» Ravichandran said when asked about the commercial orbital launch of the Agnibaan rocket.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessProfessional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIT DelhiCertificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitMIT xPROMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitThe first test flight of Agnibaan SOrTeD (suborbital technology demonstrator) on May 30, which lasted for 66 seconds, came after four unsuccessful attempts.
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«It was a big sense of relief. I think we got a lot of learning in differentiating between building a vehicle and launching a vehicle,» said Ravichandran, whose idea to use 3D printing technology to build engines and rockets led to Agnikul Cosmos, a space sector start-up incubated at the IIT Madras Research Park in 2017.
The other co-founders were Moin SPM, an operations specialist and Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy, a professor at IIT Madras and Head
