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SPACE EXPLORATION.INअंतरिक्ष · India’s space journalIndia-firstSource-led · English edition
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.
Communications & ground segment
Bengaluru maker of GigaMesh E-band backhaul radios, supplying the Indian Army; it raised $10 million in January 2025 and won an IN-SPACe satellite-bus contract in February 2026.
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Launch
Ahmednagar/Pune launch-technology startup developing reusable semi-cryogenic vehicles; reporting documents engine testing and funding.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Directory describes CubeSat and Earth-observation plans, but independent company activity/output evidence was not found.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Indo-German joint venture that built India's first privately made 80 kg imaging satellite in 2023 and now markets satellite mass manufacturing under the Azista Space brand.
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Launch
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.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
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.
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Manufacturing & industry
Bendra Aerospace is a Trivandrum space and defence electronics manufacturer. Its site describes space electronics and public LPSC records show 2025 PCB assembly work.
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Manufacturing & industry
Beyond Space Technologies is a Delhi aerospace research initiative with documented space-habitat, space-health and vehicle projects; its site lists IAC 2025 publications and its LinkedIn documents.
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Manufacturing & industry
Bharat Forge is a Pune-based manufacturer whose published record identifies forgings supplied to Indian space programmes.
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Launch
Bharath Space Vehicle is a Surat launch-vehicle startup publicly documenting Agasthya-1 development, with former ISRO personnel and stated LEO/SSO payload targets.
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Manufacturing & industry
BlueWay Horizon is an Ahmedabad company developing free-flying reusable re-entry capsules for microgravity research and in-space manufacturing; public profiles describe its Horizon-I and planned MVP.
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Manufacturing & industry
Brahmand Exploration develops YantraSoft, a digital engineering environment for space mission planning, trade analysis and mission operations; its site announced beta access in May 2026.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Brahmion SpaceTech develops small-satellite propulsion in Kanpur and has reported a PCB-based micro-pulse thruster ground test; performance data were not released with the post.
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Manufacturing & industry
Bengaluru electronics maker that says its parts have flown on satellites since 2002 and counts ISRO among its customers; its French and Canadian subsidiaries were wound up in 2026.
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In-space services & exploration
Ahmedabad-based space robotics company developing reusable lunar mobility systems, with pre-seed funding reported in October 2026.
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Education & ecosystem
CosmoFleet publicly describes debris-mitigation and lunar-rover work, a lunar project selected for IAC 2024, and ongoing space-education activity.
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Manufacturing & industry
Cosmoserv Space India is publicly identified as a Hyderabad defence-tech startup developing autonomous robotic spacecraft for debris removal and satellite de-orbiting.
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Manufacturing & industry
Cryptik is a Bengaluru startup building satellite collision-avoidance and space-situational-awareness software; its public portfolio and recruitment activity show an active space product effort.
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Manufacturing & industry
CubeSat Aerospace develops compact satellite platforms and related systems; public company updates document Dubai Airshow/Vibrant Gujarat participation and a CAL01A CubeSat platform.
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Agencies & public sector
India's cabinet department for space, answering to the Prime Minister and running ISRO, IN-SPACe, NSIL and PRL on ₹13,705.63 crore for 2026-27.
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Manufacturing & industry
DeployNXT develops modular deployable structures for spacecraft, orbital and lunar infrastructure; public updates document incorporation, AWS Space Accelerator selection, and MeitY/KIIF support.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Hyderabad full-stack satellite maker that lost its entire Polar Access-1 stack in the PSLV-C62 failure of January 2026, four months before a ₹105 crore state grant.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Bengaluru company that tracks objects in orbit for governments; its SCOT satellite reached space in January 2025, and a $50 million Series B valued it at $200 million.
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Manufacturing & industry
Digitron DefSpace has a documented government contract for indigenous RF switches for satcom applications, independently establishing space-enabling activity.
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