AgniKul fires up reusable rocket dream, orbital launch next target

Agnibaan is a two-stage launch vehicle capable of carrying up to 100 kilograms of payload to an extent of around 700 km to low earth orbit

After the successful test flight of Agnibaan SOrTeD, Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos is lining up an orbital flight in the next 12 months and is also drawing up an ambitious plan to develop India's first reusable launch vehicle carrying payloads.

In an interview with Business Standard, Moin SPM, co-founder and chief operating officer, Agnikul Cosmos, said like SpaceX, the company wants space launches to be "normal.”

"This (Agnibaan SOrTeD) was a sub-orbital vehicle and the next attempt will be an orbital vehicle. We intend to carry some payloads to space in that as well. We have a few customers