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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.
Manufacturing & industry
Aerolaunch India operates high-altitude balloon and near-space platforms for research and payload validation, with public updates describing multiple successful HAB launches and customer missions.
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Launch
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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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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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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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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Education & ecosystem
Chennai aerospace organisation whose student-built satellites include Satish Dhawan SAT launched on PSLV-C51; its site documents AzaadiSAT, KalamSAT and ongoing missions.
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Launch
Space Zone India develops hybrid sounding rockets and student space programmes in Chennai. DT Next reported the launch of its twin mission in October 2026.
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Manufacturing & industry
Chennai metal-manufacturing company whose investor identifies space applications among the sectors served by its precision-production technology.
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