In-space services & exploration
InspeCity
Thane satellite-servicing startup developing the VEDA life-extension vehicle; it raised a $5.6 million seed round in May 2025 and plans a VEDA demonstration mission in 2027.
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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.
In-space services & exploration
Thane satellite-servicing startup developing the VEDA life-extension vehicle; it raised a $5.6 million seed round in May 2025 and plans a VEDA demonstration mission in 2027.
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Manufacturing & industry
InterCosmos develops green, human-friendly satellite propulsion. IIST records its HyperX 10 N bi-propellant thruster proof of concept and Inc42 reports the company’s activity and funding.
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Manufacturing & industry
IspaceI is a Bengaluru nonprofit focused on space STEM, satellite development and payload testing; its public profile documents the 75 Students Satellite Mission and active space communications.
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Agencies & public sector
India's national space agency under the Department of Space — flying PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 and SSLV, and running the Chandrayaan, Aditya-L1 and Gaganyaan programmes from Bengaluru.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Bengaluru subsidiary of SatSure that designs optical and multispectral imaging payloads and a four-satellite constellation with onboard edge computing, targeted for 2026.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Bengaluru space-infrastructure company building a planned six-satellite ISR constellation after a reported $8 million seed round.
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Manufacturing & industry
Exact-name searches found only the Startup India listing and no independently verifiable space product, activity or company website.
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Education & ecosystem
KosmosOne develops CubeSat experimental modules, demonstration-satellite and ground-station software; its public profile and 2024 space-expo exhibitor listing document activity.
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Manufacturing & industry
KR Aerospace Systems provides satellite design, space-qualified components and aerospace-electronics consulting; its site describes a CubeSat mission and a 2024 space-electronics workshop is.
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Manufacturing & industry
Kryo CS Engineering is publicly described as developing liquid-propulsion and cryogenic turnkey process solutions for space applications.
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Manufacturing & industry
Mumbai engineering group and one of ISRO's oldest industrial suppliers — booster segments, umbilical plates and tracking radar, and half of the HAL–L&T PSLV consortium.
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Manufacturing & industry
Luminasic is listed under Space Technology in Startup India and its engineers presented mixed-signal and cryo-cooler-driver research at IEEE ICEE 2025.
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Education & ecosystem
Mahamanav Aerospace, operating as MARS Exploration, appears in ISRO’s Space Tutor directory and publicly runs aerospace, rocket-design, aircraft and UAV programmes; it also documents AS9100/ISO.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Navi Mumbai developer of hydrogen peroxide-based satellite thrusters; its Vyom 2U fired on ISRO's POEM-4 platform from 31 December 2024.
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Satellites & Earth observation
MegaSat Technologies provides satellite imagery, RF locating, geospatial intelligence and ground-command solutions; its company profile documents active hiring and an Indian headquarters.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Momentum Space is a Hyderabad startup publicly describing propulsion-system manufacturing and R&D for space and defence applications.
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Agencies & public sector
ISRO's commercial arm, a Department of Space PSU incorporated in 2019 that sells PSLV, SSLV and LVM3 launches and reported ₹3,026.09 crore revenue in FY25.
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Satellites & Earth observation
Nibe Space is a Nibe Limited subsidiary authorised by IN-SPACe as a satellite-data disseminator and involved in Earth-observation constellation plans.
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Launch
Active cryogenics legal entity found, but no independently verifiable space-specific product or material activity was located.
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Manufacturing & industry
Active cryogenics legal entity found, but no independently verifiable space-specific product or material activity was located.
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Manufacturing & industry
Optimized Solutions is an Ahmedabad strategic-electronics company with documented Indian space work and a reported 2026 Poonawalla investment.
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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
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.
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Launch
Bengaluru startup building a reusable landing rocket; it hot-fired a 3D-printed 5 kN liquid-oxygen and methane cryogenic engine in August 2026 after three failed ignitions.
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Communications & ground segment
OXG Space is a Bengaluru company developing satellite connectivity and in-orbit computing infrastructure for Earth-observation data.
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