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Agnikul Cosmos
Chennai launch startup that flew the world's first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engine in May 2024; its Agnibaan orbital debut is now scheduled for 2027.
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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.
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Astrobase Space Technologies
Bengaluru startup founded in 2024 building EVEREST, an 800 kN full-flow staged combustion methalox engine unveiled in August 2026 with no full-scale firing or flight yet.
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Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos's space company, builder of New Glenn and the Blue Moon landers; New Glenn has been grounded since a 28 May 2026 pad explosion and New Shepard is paused.
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EtherealX
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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LandSpace
Beijing methalox launch company: first to put a methane-fuelled rocket in orbit in 2023, first to land a Chinese orbital-class booster in 2026, now filing for a 7.5 billion yuan Shanghai IPO.
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Othisis Systems
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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Rocket Lab
Nasdaq-listed launch and space systems company in Long Beach whose Electron rocket flies small satellites, with the partly reusable Neutron aiming at a late 2026 debut.
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Skyroot Aerospace
Hyderabad launch company whose Vikram-1 rocket made India's first private orbital flight in July 2026, after raising about $160 million including a $60 million unicorn round.
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SpaceX
Musk-founded launch company: 691 Falcon flights to 16 August 2026, 12 million Starlink customers, Starship in flight test and a $1.77 trillion Nasdaq debut.