Space organisations in India

Develops the Agnibaan configurable launch vehicle featuring the world's first single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine.

Bengaluru deep-tech startup — develops laser communication terminals for space-to-ground and optical inter-satellite links, supplier to ISRO.

Develops green and electric propulsion systems for satellites and in-space transportation using water-based and Hall-effect thrusters.

Full-stack space engineering solutions provider — develops satellite platforms, ground systems and turnkey mission services.

Provides space domain awareness — tracks and monitors objects in orbit using space-based sensors for collision avoidance and SSA.

Indian launch startup in Bengaluru — developing Razor Crest Mk-1, a fully reusable medium-lift rocket targeting a first flight in 2027.

Indian Earth observation startup — builds satellites combining SAR and optical imaging (OptoSAR), incubated at IIT Madras and based in Bengaluru.

Kerala small-satellite startup at Technopark — builds and flies payload-hosting satellites such as Nila and KOYO for global customers.

Indian in-space servicing startup incubated at IIT Bombay — develops propulsion, robotic arms and docking systems for satellite life extension.

Indian propulsion startup from IIT Bombay — develops hydrazine-free green propulsion systems and thrusters for small satellites, tested on ISRO's POEM-4.

Builds the world's highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation for planetary health monitoring and Earth observation.

Indian Earth observation analytics company — turns satellite data and machine learning into decision intelligence for agriculture, finance and infrastructure.

India's leading private launch company — develops the Vikram series of launch vehicles for small satellite missions.

Hyderabad satellite startup — builds nano and micro satellite platforms and payloads for commercial and defence ISR missions.

Indian government single-window agency under the Department of Space — authorises and promotes space activities of private, non-government entities.

India's national space agency — pioneers cost-effective launch vehicles, satellites and planetary missions.

Indian state-owned company under the Department of Space — commercialises ISRO launch services, satellites, technology transfer and space assets.

Indian aerospace manufacturer — builds satellite and launch vehicle subsystems, integrates satellites for ISRO and plans a private GSO comms satellite.

Indo-German satellite manufacturer — builds small Earth observation satellites at a series-production plant in Sanand near Ahmedabad.

Deemed university under India's Department of Space — offers degree and doctoral programmes in space science, technology and applications.

Indian space industry association — represents private space and satellite companies and leads policy advocacy with government and ISRO.

Autonomous Department of Space research unit in Ahmedabad — conducts space, planetary, solar and atmospheric science and builds mission instruments.