As India and its space agency ISRO looks to land its lunar mission Chandrayaan 3 on the unchartered South pole of moon in their second attempt of lunar landing and become fourth country to do so., here are the top startups in India’s space sector aiming for the outer world

Aug 23, 2023 Girish Khurana

Agnikul

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Skyroot Aerospace

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Pixxel

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Aadyah Aerospace

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Bellatrix Aerospace

Dhruva Space

SatSure

Kawa Space

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As India and its space agency ISRO looks to land its lunar mission Chandrayaan 3 on the unchartered South pole of moon in their second attempt of lunar landing and become fourth country to do so., here are the top startups in India’s space sector aiming for the outer world

Agnikul

Agnikul’s Agnibaan is a highly customizable two-stage launch vehicle capable of taking up to 100 kg to orbits around 700 km high and can access both low and high-inclination orbits. It is designed for accessing more than 10 launch ports

Skyroot Aerospace

On 18 November 2022 the Vikram-S rocket was successfully launched from Sriharikota by Skyroot Aerospace, turning a page in the history of Indian space sector, by becoming the first private rocket to be launched in India and South Asia.

Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Last month, it won govt contract to develop multi-payload satellites for Indian Air Force.

Aadyah Aerospace

Bellatrix Aerospace

Bellatrix Aerospace is engaged in development of propulsion systems and has developed mono-propellant thrusters, green propellants and electric thrusters. It aims to diversify into orbital transfer vehicles and other advanced electric propulsion technologies.2

Dhruva Space

Dhruva Space offers Satellite/s teamed with Earth Station/s and Launch Services as an integrated solution or individually as technology solutions to power space-based applications on Earth and beyond.

SatSure

SatSure is a deep tech decision intelligence company that leverages advances in satellite remote sensing, machine learning, big data analytics and cloud computing to create products and solutions which help enterprises in making smart decisions.

Kawa Space

Kawa Space builds critical earth observation infra for the world, from tasking a high-resolution satellite to generating insights for area of interest, it helps companies of all sizes work with satellite data in a much more cost-effective and efficient manner.