Latest edition · Monday, 31 August 2026 · Bengaluru Mission desk active

Company directory

Indian space companies and agencies

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.

Agencies & public sector

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Antrix Corporation

ISRO's commercial arm since 1992, its revenue down to ₹165.1 crore in the year to March 2025, and still fighting Devas award enforcement in US and Dutch courts.

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Department of Space

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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IN-SPACe

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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ISRO

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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JAXA

Japan's national space agency, formed in 2003 from three merged bodies; it flies the H3 rocket from Tanegashima and runs the HTV-X, MICHIBIKI and MMX programmes.

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NASA

The United States government's civil space agency — flying the Artemis Moon programme, operating the International Space Station, and partnering with ISRO on the NISAR radar satellite.

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NewSpace India Limited

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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Physical Research Laboratory

Ahmedabad research laboratory of India's Department of Space, founded by Vikram Sarabhai in 1947, that builds instruments for the country's lunar, solar and planetary missions.

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United States Space Force

The sixth branch of the United States armed forces, stood up in December 2019 to run military satellites, missile warning, GPS and national security launch.