SkyLakes Aerospace · SKYLX
Building India's first family of reusable small-lift launch vehicles — affordable access to low Earth orbit.
Our Mission
SkyLakes Aerospace — SKYLX — is an early-stage Indian NewSpace company developing a family of reusable small-lift launch vehicles. We're building toward affordable, dedicated access to low Earth orbit for the small-satellite market, targeting launches under ₹40 crore.
The family spans three classes — SKYLX-S, SKYLX-M and SKYLX-H — powered by our in-house LX-1 liquid engine and flown by a cost-efficient, dual-redundant avionics stack. As Abastel's aerospace vertical, SKYLX is where our manufacturing DNA meets flight hardware — from Delhi, toward orbit.
The Vehicle Family
A reusable small-lift launch vehicle family scaling from S to H — designed to put small satellites into low Earth orbit affordably. All three classes are in active development.
The entry point of the family — a small-lift, reusable vehicle for dedicated small-satellite rides to low Earth orbit.
Steps up lift capacity for heavier small-satellite payloads and rideshare manifests, on the same reusable architecture.
The heaviest of the small-lift family — extending reach for larger constellations and more demanding LEO missions.
Flight Systems
Propulsion, structures, avionics and software — designed, built and validated by the SKYLX team for cost-efficiency and redundancy.
Our in-house liquid rocket engine, running ethanol / LOX propellant with regenerative cooling for reusable operation.
A carbon-fiber-reinforced PLA-CF nozzle, 3D-printed and validated by water-flow testing ahead of a metal production part.
Our propellant tank programme — the structural backbone that stores and feeds propellant to the LX-1 engine.
An STM32F411 bare-metal primary paired with a Linux-based Raspberry Pi Zero 2W companion — with altimeter, IMU, GPS, LoRa telemetry and dual-deploy pyros.
Our ground-station dashboard for live telemetry and mission monitoring, built in Python with DearPyGui.
Our proprietary flight-simulation platform — a Python backend with a Tauri / React front end, built in-house to replace MATLAB / Simulink.
Prototype → Flight Metal
SKYLX is where Abastel's manufacturing strengths — moulds, machining and advanced materials — turn into flight hardware. The LX-1 nozzle is proving that path: from a printed prototype to a metal production part.
Engine, nozzle and SK1 tank are designed in Fusion 360, iterating geometry before anything is built.
Parts are 3D-printed in carbon-fiber PLA-CF on a Bambu Lab P1S for fast, low-cost iteration.
The PLA-CF nozzle is proven through water-flow testing before committing to expensive metal tooling.
Validated geometry moves to an Inconel 718 LPBF metal-3D-printed production nozzle.
Engine, tank and avionics come together for integrated ground testing on the road to first fire.
The People
Mechanical engineer leading vehicle, engine and company direction.
Drives operations and execution across the SKYLX programme.
Milestones & Backing
Completed registration as a Non-Governmental Entity (NGE) with IN-SPACe, India's space-sector regulator.
SkyLakes Aerospace is incorporated via SPICe+, established as a formal company from Delhi, India.
Raising a ₹3 crore pre-seed SAFE note to fund vehicle development toward first flight.
Exploring a sister defence vertical focused on drone interceptors, targeting iDEX / ADITI defence-innovation funding.
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