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BENGALURU: The startup behind India's first private space launch plans to put a satellite into orbit in 2023 and expects to be able to do so at half of the cost of established launch companies, the founders of Skyroot Aerospace<\/a> told Reuters in an interview.
The Hyderabad-based company, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC<\/a>, says the $68 million it has raised will fund its next two launches. Skyroot<\/a> has been in contact with more than 400 potential customers, it says.
Thousands of small satellite launches are planned in coming years as companies build out networks to deliver broadband services like SpaceX's Starlink<\/a> and to power applications like tracking supply chains or monitoring offshore oil rigs.
Skyroot faces both established and up-and-coming rocket launch rivals that also promise to bring down costs. In China, startup Galactic Energy<\/a> put five satellites into orbit last week in its fourth successful launch.
In Japan, Space One, backed by Canon Electronics and IHI Corp, plans to launch 20 small rockets per year by the middle of the decade.
But Skyroot, which launched a test rocket last week, expects to cut the cost of a launch by 50% compared with current pricing for established competitors like Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit and California-based Rocket Lab USA Inc.
Pawan Chandana, one of Skyroot's two co-founders, told Reuters he expected a surge in demand for the company's launch services if it proves itself with launches set for next year.
\"Most of these customers have been building constellations and will be launching them in the next five years,\" he said.
The Modi government's push to increase India's share of the global space launch market from just 1% has given investors confidence that Skyroot and other startups have government backing for their efforts, Skyroot says.
\"Three or four months back when we were talking to investors, one of the biggest questions they asked was if the government was supporting us,\" Skyroot co-founder Bharath Daka told Reuters.
India opened the door to private space companies in 2020 with a regulatory overhaul and a new agency to boost private-sector launches.
Before that, companies could only act as contractors to the Indian Space Research Organisation<\/a> (ISRO), a government space agency with a reputation of its own for frugal engineering. The country's Mars mission in 2014 cost only $74 million, less than the budget of the Hollywood space movie \"Gravity\".
Building on India's record for cost efficiency will be key, said Chandana. Skyroot, founded in 2018 when Chandana and Daka quit jobs at ISRO, has set a target to develop rockets for one-fifth of the current industry costs.
The Skyroot rocket that reached 89.5 kilometers altitude in last week's test launch used carbon-fibre components and 3D-printed parts, including the thrusters. That boosted efficiency by 30%, the company says, cutting weight and procurement costs, although it meant Skryoot engineers had to write the machine code for vendors who fabricated the rocket because few had experience working with carbon fibre.
With 3D printing, Skyroot believes it can build a new rocket in just two days as it works towards reusable rockets, a technology pioneered by SpaceX.
Chandana and Daka believe the per-kilogram launch cost for a satellite can be brought down to nearly $10, from thousands of dollars currently, a stretch target that could upend the economics of space commerce and one that draws inspiration from their idol: Elon Musk<\/a>.
\"SpaceX is a symbol of great innovation and great market validation,\" said Chandana, who added they have not had the chance to speak to Musk.
\"Right now, we think he's probably busy running Twitter.\"
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印度的第一个私人火箭卫星公司看起来削减成本
海得拉巴公司,在新加坡主权财富基金的支持下,新加坡政府投资公司表示,接下来会为其6800万美元引发了两个发射。Skyroot一直在接触超过400潜在客户,它说。
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印度班加罗尔:启动后的第一个私人太空发射计划在2023年将一个卫星送入轨道,预计能够这么做,因为成本的一半推出公司的创始人Skyroot航空在一次采访中对路透表示。
海得拉巴公司,在新加坡主权财富基金的支持下,新加坡政府投资公司说,接下来会为其6800万美元引发了两个发射。Skyroot一直在接触超过400潜在客户,它说。
成千上万的小卫星发射计划在未来几年随着企业建立网络提供宽带服务,如SpaceX我们和电力应用跟踪供应链或监视海上石油钻井平台。
Skyroot面临建立和积极进取的火箭发射的竞争对手也承诺要降低成本。在中国,创业银河能量把五个上周在其第四成功发射卫星送入轨道。
空间之一,在日本,由佳能电子和IHI公司计划推出20小火箭每年由中间的十年。
但Skyroot上周测试火箭发射,预计将推出的成本削减50%,当前定价建立竞争对手如理查德·布兰森的维珍轨道实验室和加州火箭USA Inc .)
一生Chandana, Skyroot的两个创始人之一,对路透表示,他预计需求激增为公司的发射服务,如果它与发射定于明年证明自己。
“大多数的这些客户建立星座和将在未来五年内,”他说。
莫迪政府努力增加印度全球航天发射市场的份额从1%给了投资者信心,Skyroot和其他初创企业政府支持他们的努力,Skyroot说。
“三到四个月的时候我们说给投资者,他们问最大的一个问题是如果政府支持我们,”Skyroot创始人Bharath达卡对路透表示。
印度打开门在2020年私人太空公司监管改革和新机构来提高私营部门的发射。
在此之前,公司只能作为承包商印度空间研究组织(ISRO)政府空间机构的声誉自己的节俭的工程。2014年的火星任务成本只有7400万美元,低于预算的好莱坞电影“重力”的空间。
在印度的记录成本效率将是关键,Chandana说。Skyroot成立于2018年,当时Chandana, ISRO达卡辞职,已经设定了一个目标发展火箭当前的行业成本的五分之一。
Skyroot火箭达到89.5公里高度在上周的测试发射使用碳纤维组件和3 d打印的部分,包括推进器。提高效率30%,该公司表示,减少重量和采购成本,尽管这意味着Skryoot工程师不得不写机器制造火箭的供应商代码,因为很少与碳纤维有工作经验。
3 d打印技术,Skyroot相信它可以建立一个新的火箭在仅仅两天工作对可重用的火箭,SpaceX的技术。
Chandana达卡相信,每公斤成本发射一颗人造卫星可以降到近10美元,从目前的数千美元,一段目标可能会颠覆空间商业和经济学的一个灵感来自他们的偶像:伦麝香。
“SpaceX是伟大的创新和市场验证的象征,“Chandana说,他还说他们没有机会说麝香。
“现在,我们认为他很可能忙着帮Twitter。”
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