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Space Zone India
Space Zone India develops hybrid sounding rockets and student space programmes in Chennai. DT Next reported the launch of its twin mission in October 2026.
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The space ecosystem
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.
Launch
Space Zone India develops hybrid sounding rockets and student space programmes in Chennai. DT Next reported the launch of its twin mission in October 2026.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Bengaluru propulsion company supported by Indian government programmes and IISc, developing solid propulsion, pyrotechnics and dual-use aerospace systems.
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Manufacturing & industry
Recognised startup legal listing found, but no independently verifiable space product, mission or material activity was located.
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Launch
SpanTrik develops reusable rocket and propulsion technology; its site documents solid-motor tests and high-powered rocket launches, and it exhibited at Aero India.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Spatial Sense Analytics uses satellite and Earth-observation data with AI for geospatial risk and disaster monitoring; IIT Madras incubation records its activity.
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Satellites & Earth observation
SpectraGaze Systems is an Ahmedabad-based company developing optical imaging sensors and electro-optical payloads for space, defence and scientific applications.
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In-space services & exploration
Stardour is a Hyderabad company developing an orbital transfer vehicle and spacecraft propulsion. NITK Surathkal identifies it as the sponsor of satellite pose-estimation research.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Noida geospatial analytics firm that owns no satellites but tasks more than 250 of them through SPADE, its subscription platform for radar, optical, thermal and hyperspectral data.
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Launch
Synodic Space Labs develops sustainable reusable multistage launch vehicles and eco-friendly propulsion; its site documents solid, hybrid and nuclear-thermal propulsion activity.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Hyderabad orbital-computing startup; its MOI-1A reached orbit on Transporter-18 aboard a transfer vehicle, with independent deployment and operations still pending.
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Manufacturing & industry
Taramandal develops a reusable orbital vehicle and sustainable satellite subsystems for debris-free operations and in-space manufacturing; SIA-India and IIT Hyderabad document its work and.
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Manufacturing & industry
Chennai metal-manufacturing company whose investor identifies space applications among the sectors served by its precision-production technology.
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Thrustworks Dynetics develops propulsion and rocketry technology and was selected for the AWS Space Accelerator: India.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Trinav SpaceTech is a Tamil Nadu space-technology startup developing satellite-data remote sensing, Earth observation, geospatial mapping and navigation solutions.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
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.
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Launch
Vrisva Space is a Bengaluru rocket company developing single-stage-to-orbit vehicles, avionics, propulsion and related commercial aerospace products.
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Manufacturing & industry
Pune heavy-engineering company that has supplied ISRO booster casings and segments since the SLV-3 in 1973, and cut its net loss to Rs 14.68 crore in FY26.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Hyderabad smallsat maker whose Elevation-1 carried what Almagest calls the first miniaturised E-band payload to orbit in January 2025; it raised $7 million in October 2024.
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