In the last few years India has witnessed a boom and more than a dozen space focused startups have emerged. Bangalore in India has emerged as India’s space startup hub. As we all know India is recognized for it’s cheapest space missions across the world, thus, once we master reusing Rockets we will be having a strong competitor to SpaceX from India
India’s Top 5 Space Startups are :
Team Indus
Team Indus is a Bangalore based startup led by Rahul Narayan and is the only Indian team participating in the Google Lunar X Prize mission. The company raised Rs 9 Crore until mid 2015 from a clutch of investors that includes Nandan Nilekani (Co-Founder of Infosys Technologies), Rajiv Mody (Co-Founder of Sasken Technologies) and Ajai Choudhary (Co-Founder of HCL Technologies). The company has built a lunar rover and expects to launch in the third quarter of 2016 to win the Google Lunar X Prize.
Earth2Orbit
Founded by Sushmita Mohanty , the company claims to be India’s first private space firm. The firm raised an undisclosed amount of money from Mumbai angels and other investors. The company currently offers launch advisory and consulting services.
Dhruva Space
A new entrant to this league, the firm was founded by Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Nekkanti in 2012. The team at Dhruva space is currently developing an indigenous small satellite platform.
ARDL
Founded at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) , the team of ARDL comprises of Sidhant Dhall, Triyambak Tripathy, Gaurav Achha and Ayush Patawari. The company currently fabricates Mini CANSAT modules and other related space hardware.
Astrome
Another Space Startup with it’s roots in IISc is Astrome, which has Prasad HL and Neha Satak as it’s founder. The startup is fairly new to this league and aims to develop products and services which aid in space exploration.
Here’s to all you dreamers !
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