Skyroot Signs Two MoUs with French Space Firms to Launch Satellites

Current Context: Skyroot is a space-tech startup based in Hyderabad, India, that develops and launches orbital rockets for small satellite. It became the country’s first private player to launch a rocket (Vikram S) into space in 2022.

• Skyroot is set to launch the Vikram 1 orbital rocket as part of its second mission in the forthcoming months.
• Skyroot has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with French satellite companies Prométhée and ConnectSAT for providing launch services on its Vikram rockets.
• Prométhée is an earth observation constellation operator that plans to use Skyroot’s rockets to deploy a portion of its JAPETUS satellite constellation.
• ConnectSAT is an IoT satellite company that collaborates with Expleo, a software provider, to build its OSIRIS satellite constellation3. Expleo will provide reconfigurable software for ConnectSAT’s IoT satellite, which is to be launched on the Vikram-I rocket.
• These MoUs were signed during the visit of a French business delegation to Skyroot’s facility in Hyderabad.
• They are expected to turn into procurement of Skyroot’s launch services over single or multi-launch agreements covering several Vikram space launches.

Question:

Q.1 What is the name of the space-tech startup based in Hyderabad, India, that develops and launches orbital rockets for small satellites?
a. Skyroot
b. Skyline
c. Skyward
d. Skyfall