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

Manufacturing & industry

Quantrace

Founder Bishal Banerjee describes Quantrace as an early-stage space-tech startup working on orbital debris and orbital defense, with LaunchX participation.

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Propulsion & spacecraft systems

Raudranex Space Technologies

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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Satellites & Earth observation

Raxar Technologies and Solutions

RAXAR provides geospatial analytics, optical/microwave remote-sensing applications, forest monitoring and disaster-management mapping from Delhi.

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Manufacturing & industry

Red Balloon Aerospace

Red Balloon is an Andhra Pradesh aerospace startup developing stratospheric platforms; public sources report the SANA mission and a near-space collaboration.

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Manufacturing & industry

Redwire

Space and defense technology company supplying roll-out solar-array wings for the International Space Station’s power system.

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In-space services & exploration

Reflect Orbital

Hawthorne space company developing orbital mirrors to redirect sunlight, with launch bookings and a contested demonstration-satellite approval.

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Communications & ground segment

Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio is an Indian telecommunications operator whose satellite-connectivity plans include a proposed sovereign low Earth orbit network.

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Satellites & Earth observation

Researcher's Green Solution

Researcher’s Green Solution publicly describes GIS, satellite/remote-sensing and AI/ML work for forestry, agriculture and carbon projects.

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Manufacturing & industry

Resspreneurs Technologies (opc)

CircuitSprint identifies Resspreneurs as its specialized aerospace division focused on CubeSat development, space-tech R&D and satellite partnerships.

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Manufacturing & industry

Reyan Aerospace

Reyan Aerospace is credited by HEX20 with board assembly on the operational KOYO spacecraft, alongside an active Kerala company record.

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Launch

Rocket Lab

Nasdaq-listed launch and space systems company in Long Beach whose Electron rocket flies small satellites, with the partly reusable Neutron now targeting a 2027 debut.

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Communications & ground segment

Sanyark Space

Sanyark Space is a Hyderabad space company developing a LEO navigation and communications constellation; The New Indian Express reported TRL-4 positioning technology in July 2026.

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Satellites & Earth observation

SatLeo Labs

SatLeo develops thermal Earth-observation microsatellite technology; public exhibitor material and company records document its product and R&D activity.

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Satellites & Earth observation

SatSure

Bengaluru company that turns satellite imagery into farm-credit and infrastructure decisions, and is building its own optical constellation through subsidiary KaleidEO.

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Launch

SaxaVord

SaxaVord operates a licensed vertical-launch spaceport on Unst in Scotland’s Shetland Islands, providing launch-site and range-control services.

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In-space services & exploration

Serendipity Space

Bhubaneswar startup building re-entry satellites to crystallise drugs in orbit; its Alchemy factory module flew a stratospheric balloon test in March 2026.

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Communications & ground segment

SES

SES operates satellite networks from Luxembourg, supplying communications capacity and television distribution services.

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Communications & ground segment

Skynetics

Skynetics publicly reports satellite communications hardware, GNSS/ELINT modules and an operational VHF/UHF ground station.

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Launch

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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Satellites & Earth observation

SkyServe

Bengaluru satellite computing company behind the STORM platform, with a reported 2026 service contract with South Korea’s TelePIX.

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Education & ecosystem

Space Kidz India

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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Manufacturing & industry

Space Machines Company

Space Machines Company operates an India team in Bengaluru developing spacecraft, rapid-response space systems and space-domain software.

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Launch

Space Zone India

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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Communications & ground segment

Spacebeam

Spacebeam is a South Korean optical communications company developing ground stations, satellite tracking and optical reception systems.

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