BENGALURU – On an island a little off the east coast of Andhra Pradesh, India’s premier rocket launching facility is getting ready for a new milestone. The 55-year-old Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, which sent Indian space missions to the moon and Mars, is set to launch the country’s first privately built orbital rocket.Built by Skyroot Aerospace, a start-up from Hyderabad, the Vikram-I rocket is a seven-storey-tall, multi-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit.It will be launched any day between July 12 and Aug 4, subject to weather conditions and regulatory approvals.“The rocket...