Skyroot Aerospace has secured two dedicated launch bookings from California-based Reflect Orbital, giving the Hyderabad space startup a fresh commercial commitment for its Vikram rocket family and extending its international customer base.
Reflect Orbital announced the agreement on October 14, saying the two launches would deploy future spacecraft for its planned orbital-mirror service. The company is developing space-enabled infrastructure intended to deliver controlled sunlight to precise locations on Earth, including applications linked to remote search-and-rescue operations and solar power generation.
The financial terms and launch dates were not disclosed in the joint announcement. Reflect said dedicated launches would provide greater certainty over schedule and capacity, while complementing other launches it has planned from sites in the United States.
“There’s a real launch capacity shortage right now. We’re excited to work with a new launch provider, Skyroot, to help ensure access to space,” Reflect Orbital co-founder and chief executive officer Ben Nowack said.
Reflect said its satellites must first be deployed into orbit before the company can begin delivering its planned services. It also said it had recently received a licence from the Federal Communications Commission to operate its first spacecraft. The company added that it would continue working with astronomers, local communities and regulators as it develops its system.
Skyroot co-founder and chief executive officer Pawan Kumar Chandana described Reflect’s mission as representative of the type of international commercial space activity the Vikram rocket family is being developed to serve. He said the two dedicated launches would provide the California company with schedule certainty and mission flexibility.
The agreement adds to Skyroot’s commercial launch manifest across the Vikram family at a time when private launch providers are competing for customers seeking access to orbit. Skyroot’s Vikram-1 became India’s first privately developed orbital rocket to successfully reach orbit on its maiden flight in July 2026. That mission followed the company’s launch of Vikram-S four years earlier.
The Hyderabad startup became India’s first spacetech unicorn in May 2026 after raising nearly $60 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion. The latest agreement places the company’s launch infrastructure within a broader commercial chain involving spacecraft operators, regulatory approvals and specialised orbital services.
For Hyderabad, the booking is another visible marker of the city’s expanding role in India’s private space economy. The announcement does not yet establish when the missions will fly or how much revenue they will generate, but it confirms that Skyroot is converting its rocket development programme into contracted international launch activity. The next milestones will be the disclosure of mission schedules and further details on the spacecraft planned for deployment.
