Why does the first stage of the Vikram-1 flight represent the most aerodynamically intense phase?
Replied byPawan Kumar Chandana
Co-founder & CEO at Skyroot Aerospace
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Pre-Revenue/month
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Started: 2018
The first stage lifts the fifty-ton rocket through the thickest part of Earth's atmosphere up to fifty kilometers. Within the first hundred seconds, the vehicle experiences maximum aerodynamic pressure, heavy structural loads, and intense vibrations, which we cleared successfully.
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