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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.
Propulsion & spacecraft systems
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.
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Launch
Agnihotri Aerospace develops propulsion and reaction-control systems for launch vehicles, satellites, and high-altitude platforms; its website and active LinkedIn updates document ongoing.
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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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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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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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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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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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Momentum Space is a Hyderabad startup publicly describing propulsion-system manufacturing and R&D for space and defence applications.
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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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Propulsion & spacecraft systems
Raudranex reports its STRATO-X1 near-space pathfinder mission, carrying an experimental cold-plasma propulsion demonstrator on Red Balloon’s SANA platform.
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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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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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Launch
Thrustworks Dynetics develops propulsion and rocketry technology and was selected for the AWS Space Accelerator: India.
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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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