Latest edition · Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Bengaluru Mission desk active

Company capability

Space propulsion companies in India

Profiles and reporting for 14 Indian space organisations working in space propulsion. Only capabilities shared by at least three published profiles receive an index page.

14 tracked organisations

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.

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.

Launch

BAAS Technologies

BAAS Technologies develops reusable orbital and sub-orbital launch vehicles and aerospace components. Its site documents the vehicle programme and Inc42 reported a 2026 funding round.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Bellatrix Aerospace

Bengaluru propulsion maker whose Arka electric and Rudra green thrusters were space-qualified on ISRO missions; it raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round in March 2026.

Launch

Bharath Space Vehicle

Bharath Space Vehicle is a Surat launch-vehicle startup publicly documenting Agasthya-1 development, with former ISRO personnel and stated LEO/SSO payload targets.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Manastu Space

Navi Mumbai maker of MS289 hydrogen-peroxide thrusters; its Vyom 2U fired on ISRO's POEM-4 platform from 31 December 2024. Inc42 puts total funding at $9.00 million.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Momentum Space.

Momentum Space is a Hyderabad startup publicly describing propulsion-system manufacturing and R&D for space and defence applications.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

OrbitAID Aerospace

Chennai company building the SIDRP satellite docking-and-refuelling port; its first satellite, AayulSAT, was lost when ISRO's PSLV-C62 failed on 12 January 2026.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Raudranex Space Technologies

Raudranex reports its STRATO-X1 near-space pathfinder mission, carrying an experimental cold-plasma propulsion demonstrator on Red Balloon’s SANA platform.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Spacefields

Bengaluru propulsion company supported by Indian government programmes and IISc, developing solid propulsion, pyrotechnics and dual-use aerospace systems.

Launch

Synodic Space Labs

Synodic Space Labs develops sustainable reusable multistage launch vehicles and eco-friendly propulsion; its site documents solid, hybrid and nuclear-thermal propulsion activity.

Launch

Thrustworks Dynetics

Thrustworks Dynetics develops propulsion and rocketry technology and was selected for the AWS Space Accelerator: India.

Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Trishulopulsion Technology

Trishulopulsion Technology received an Oil India startup grant and is recorded by IIT Delhi as having demonstrated a space-propulsion prototype in an operational environment.

Launch

Vrisva Space

Vrisva Space is a Bengaluru rocket company developing single-stage-to-orbit vehicles, avionics, propulsion and related commercial aerospace products.