Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb int...

India is on the verge of a major space milestone as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace prepares to launch and deploy satellite aboard Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket.

The textbook launch from Sriharikota by Hyderabad -based Skyroot Aerospace — the country’s first space unicorn — makes India only the third country in the world to have private launch capability after...