Latest edition · Sunday, 18 October 2026 · BengaluruIndependent · Source-led

The space ecosystem

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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Organisations

169 organisations · A–Z

Launch

Impulso.space

Italian launch-service company providing satellite logistics and mission management; TakeMe2Space credited it with MOI-1A campaign support.

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Satellites & Earth observation

In-Orbion Space Infratech

In-Orbion Space Infratech develops in-orbit refueling, fuel modules and orbital-maintenance solutions for satellites and spacecraft from Thane.

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Agencies & public sector

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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Manufacturing & industry

Indes Astra Space Technologies

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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Education & ecosystem

Indian Space Association

Apex industry body of India's space and satellite firms, launched in October 2021 and led by Lt Gen A K Bhatt; it lobbies on spectrum, tax and defence-space policy.

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Education & ecosystem

Indoplanetx Space Vault and Research

IndoplanetX Space Vault and Research is listed in ISRO’s Space Tutor directory, and public LinkedIn evidence records a space-technology collaboration.

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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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Manufacturing & industry

InterCosmos Space Exploration Technologies

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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In-space services & exploration

Intuitive Machines

Houston lander builder turned space infrastructure prime: two Nova-C Moon landings that both tipped over, a NASA relay contract capped at $4.82 billion, and an $800 million satellite acquisition.

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Communications & ground segment

Iridium

Iridium operates a global satellite communications network serving voice, data, aviation and maritime safety applications.

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Manufacturing & industry

iSpaceI Satellite and Research

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

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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Agencies & public sector

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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Satellites & Earth observation

KaleidEO

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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Manufacturing & industry

Kayser Italia

Kayser Italia is an Italian space-engineering company with a documented role in developing lunar science hardware and scientific payloads.

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Satellites & Earth observation

Kepler Aerospace

Bengaluru space-infrastructure company building a planned six-satellite ISR constellation after a reported $8 million seed round.

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Communications & ground segment

Kongsberg Satellite Services

Kongsberg Satellite Services operates satellite ground networks and provides Earth observation services, including maritime monitoring.

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Manufacturing & industry

Kosmos Connect

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

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

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

Kryo CS Engineering is publicly described as developing liquid-propulsion and cryogenic turnkey process solutions for space applications.

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Manufacturing & industry

L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies develops space hardware, including optical telescopes for NASA’s contribution to the LISA gravitational-wave observatory.

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Launch

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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Manufacturing & industry

Larsen & Toubro

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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