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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.
Manufacturing & industry
Dream Aerospace develops green propulsion, spacecraft mobility and in-space refuelling technologies; IIT Kanpur/NIRF and Bengaluru Space Expo updates document active ecosystem engagement.
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Ducom Aerospace is an active Bengaluru manufacturer; Karnataka government records describe a project to design, manufacture, assemble and test equipment for space, aviation and defence applications.
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Dynamic Rocketry publicly developed the Hawk-1 student suborbital rocket concept, with documented student rocketry activity and a science-newsletter profile.
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Manufacturing & industry
Energy Orbit is documented as a space-solar-power research project involving satellite design, laser power beaming, conference presentations, and a 2021 S-Booster Asia-Pacific award.
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Enlivening Technologies provides aerospace and defence engineering services and RF-system development; a CMRIT MoU documents ongoing aerospace research and product-development collaboration.
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Entropy Research & Development works across aerospace and space-solar-energy research; its public profile documents the Energy Orbit programme and current space-solar activity.
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Manufacturing & industry
Hyderabad imaging-payload developer whose MIRA instrument is aboard TakeMe2Space’s MOI-1A, launched on Transporter-18 with satellite deployment still pending.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Erisha Space develops satellite infrastructure, components, launch-service infrastructure and remote-sensing applications; its live website and public collaboration records document active work.
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Launch
Bengaluru startup, incorporated as Ethereal Exploration Guild, developing the fully reusable Razor Crest Mk-1; nothing has flown, and its demonstration flight now targets 2027.
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Communications & ground segment
Varanasi startup developing a proposed LEO positioning, navigation and timing system; a 2026 conference paper describes GNSS-resilience work and constellation plans.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Bengaluru multi-sensor Earth-observation company whose OptoSAR satellite Drishti reached orbit on 3 May 2026 and fell silent weeks later after a geomagnetic storm.
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Manufacturing & industry
Mumbai manufacturer of ISRO's Vikas engines and CE20 thrust chambers, which delivered the first human-rated L110 stage engine for Gaganyaan in November 2025.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Bengaluru nanosatellite company streaming near-real-time Earth-observation video; its SOLARAS demonstrator flew on Vikram-1 after a first satellite was lost in a 2025 launch failure.
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Communications & ground segment
Bengaluru company completed an IISc NIDHI-PRAYAS project for an ultra-compact deployable space communication antenna.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Hathor Rockets is a Chennai propulsion company developing liquid rocket engines; it announced a ₹14 crore pre-seed round in September 2026.
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Satellites & Earth observation
HEX20Labs India develops small-satellite systems from Technopark; UAE programme records identify HEX20 as an asteroid-probe collaborator.
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Manufacturing & industry
India's state-owned aerospace maker, licensed since 2025 to build and sell ISRO's SSLV and, with L&T, producer of the first industry-built PSLV.
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Kerala company associated with iAeroSky, described as innovating in satellite robotics, maintenance and cost-effective launch systems.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Active Delhi legal entity filed under Space Technology, but no independently verifiable product, mission or material activity was found.
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Satellites & Earth observation
In-Orbion Space Infratech develops in-orbit refueling, fuel modules and orbital-maintenance solutions for satellites and spacecraft from Thane.
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Agencies & public sector
Single-window regulator under India's Department of Space that authorises and promotes private space activity — 113 authorisations issued to 52 companies by August 2026.
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Manufacturing & industry
Indes Astra is a Chennai space-research and technology company developing structural-intelligence tools that connect engineering drawings with aerospace and heavy-fabrication hardware.
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Education & ecosystem
Apex industry body of India's space and satellite firms, launched in October 2021 and led by Lt Gen A K Bhatt; it lobbies on spectrum, tax and defence-space policy.
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Education & ecosystem
IndoplanetX Space Vault and Research is listed in ISRO’s Space Tutor directory, and public LinkedIn evidence records a space-technology collaboration.
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