Latest edition · Saturday, 17 October 2026 · BengaluruIndependent · Source-led

The space ecosystem

Indian space companies and agencies

Profiles of the organisations shaping spaceflight from India — agencies, launch companies, satellite builders and their suppliers — plus the international players our reporting covers, each linked to our coverage.

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Organisations

168 organisations · A–Z

Manufacturing & industry

Abyom SpaceTech and Defence

Abyom develops reusable rockets and propulsion infrastructure. Public company and government-linked updates document more than 250 propulsion tests and a private rocket-engine testing facility.

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Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Acceleron Aerospace Sciences

Acceleron has a matching aerospace website and legal-name footer, but the audit found insufficient independently verifiable material space output to qualify it beyond an unresolved lead.

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Manufacturing & industry

Aequs

Aequs is an Indian precision manufacturer with aerospace assembly operations and documented satellite-component manufacturing acquisitions.

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Manufacturing & industry

Aero Dimensions

Aero Dimensions is an active Kerala aerospace engineering and manufacturing company; its website describes spacecraft and satellite assemblies, prototyping, fabrication, and testing services.

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Aero.in

The exact-name search produced no reliable company identity or activity matching the portal row; the name may collide with Aeroin/Aero brands, so it remains unresolved rather than duplicated.

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Manufacturing & industry

Aeroin SpaceTech

Aeroin SpaceTech develops a stratospheric balloon rocket launcher and reports active aerospace programmes, industry-academia work, and a public company website with legal identifiers.

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Manufacturing & industry

Aerolaunch India

Aerolaunch India operates high-altitude balloon and near-space platforms for research and payload validation, with public updates describing multiple successful HAB launches and customer missions.

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Manufacturing & industry

AeroSapien

AEROSAPIEN publicly describes aerospace structural-parts manufacturing and UAV/autopilot research, with active company updates and aerospace engineering hiring.

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Satellites & Earth observation

Aganitha Space Technologies

Aganitha builds Earth-intelligence products using satellite data, geospatial AI, and climate analytics; its company page documents active products, publications, and international deep-tech.

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Launch

Agnihotri Aerospace

Agnihotri Aerospace develops propulsion and reaction-control systems for launch vehicles, satellites, and high-altitude platforms; its website and active LinkedIn updates document ongoing.

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Launch

Agnikul Cosmos

Chennai launch startup that flew the world's first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engine in May 2024; its Agnibaan orbital debut is now scheduled for 2027.

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Education & ecosystem

Agnirath Aerospace and Defence Research

Agnirath conducts space and aerospace education while publicly describing satellite, rover, sensor, and AI/robotics prototypes, workshops, and a university research MoU.

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Satellites & Earth observation

AIMI Labs

AIMI Labs develops defence and sensing products including geospatial AI for satellite/aerial imagery, digital twins, quantum radar, and autonomous systems.

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Satellites & Earth observation

AIQ Space Ventures

AIQ Space provides geospatial ecosystems and AI analysis of satellite and spatial data, with a live product website and Mumbai company identity.

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Communications & ground segment

Ajaz Research and Development Centre

ARC Labs, the public brand of Ajaz Research and Development Centre, describes modular propulsion and communications work including its atmospheric ducted-rocket booster concept and external.

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Manufacturing & industry

Akashalabdhi

AkashaLabdhi develops deployable and inflatable orbital structures and habitats; public updates document an Indian Space Congress MoU, hiring, and a funded orbital-habitat programme.

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Manufacturing & industry

Akshath Aerospace

Akshath Aerospace is an active Indian aerospace R&D company; public records identify its aerospace activity and NIRF documentation reports an actual system proven under its recognised startup project.

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Manufacturing & industry

Alpha Design Technologies

Bengaluru defence-electronics maker held as a subsidiary by Adani Defence since 2018, whose consortium assembled ISRO's IRNSS-1H, IRNSS-1I and EOS-04 satellites.

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Manufacturing & industry

Ananth Technologies

Hyderabad electronics maker reported as the first private firm to hand ISRO fully integrated satellites, and authorised to sell geostationary broadband from 2028.

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Manufacturing & industry

Antaris Space India

Indian solutions partner of Antaris, providing satellite mission software and AI-enabled spacecraft operations.

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Agencies & public sector

Antrix Corporation

ISRO's commercial arm since 1992, its revenue down to ₹165.1 crore in the year to March 2025, and still fighting Devas award enforcement in US and Dutch courts.

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Satellites & Earth observation

Arms 4 Ai

Delhi downstream space-tech startup providing Geo-AI software that turns satellite data into geospatial insights.

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Communications & ground segment

Astranis

U.S. maker of small geostationary communications satellites; EXIM approved a $468 million production credit facility in September 2026.

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Launch

Astrobase Space Technologies

Bengaluru startup founded in 2024 building EVEREST, an 800 kN full-flow staged combustion methalox engine unveiled in August 2026 with no full-scale firing or flight yet.

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