Agnikul recently launched its first technology demonstrator rocket with its one-piece 3D printed engine. Now, co-founders Srinath Ravichandran and Moin SPM are a step closer to their dream of building a private space exploration company from India
Only a few days before Agnibaan lifted off flawlessly, on its first flight test, the launch had been called off at T minus 11 seconds. Shortly after that aborted event, Vishesh Rajaram, an early investor in Agnikul Cosmos, the company that made the rocket, found himself mulling over a throwaway comment from co-founder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran, whose face had betrayed nothing more than a smile.
(This story appears in the 12 July, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)