Dhruva Space has secured a ₹105 crore government RDIF grant for Project Garud to develop a 500 kg-class standardised satellite platform. The initiative aims to enable high-volume satellite production, reduce foreign dependency, and strengthen India’s space manufacturing ecosystem and capabilities
The Government of India has granted ₹105 crore to Dhruva Space under the RDIF scheme for Project Garud, a 500 kg-class satellite platform aimed at scalable, high-volume manufacturing for telecom, defence and Earth observation applications with enhanced production capability.
Dhruva Space will launch its first commercial space mission, LEAP-1, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in Q3 2025. The mission will carry AI and hyperspectral payloads, marking a key step from tech demos to global commercial satellite deployments by the Hyderabad-based company.
The strategic partnership aims to unify the two companies’ end-to-end, indigenously-developed capabilities across the upstream and downstream segments of the Space value chain
Dhruva Space has partnered with France-based Sodern ArianeGroup to deploy the HORUS star tracker on a 2026 mission. The collaboration will use Dhruva’s modular nanosatellite platform and marks a significant Indo-French advancement in satellite-based attitude determination technology.
Dhruva Space has announced its plan to establish a cutting-edge Design, Engineering, Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) facility spanning 280,000 square feet.
Congratulating both the companies on their success, CM KCR gave a call to the youth of Telangana to utilise opportunities being provided by State government for startups and spend their intellectual wealth for the progress of the country.
Hyderabad: Hyderabad headquartered startup Dhruva Space has become the first private company to receive authorization from IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center) for the testing and space-qualification of its Satellite Orbital Deployer for the PSLV C53 mission by ISRO. The launch is scheduled for today and the platform has indigenously developed satellite deployment […]
