Space Start-Ups Celebrate Vikram-1 Success; Begin Analysing In-Orbit Data
Hyderabad: Space start-ups Cosmo service Space and Grahaa Space on Saturday began acquiring and analyzing data from payloads launched on Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 mission, calling it a major milestone for India’s growing private space ecosystem.
Speaking after the successful launch, Cosmo serve Space’s founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Chiranjeevi Phanindra said this was the company’s first participation in a rocket mission.
“This is our first time participating in a rocket launch with Mission Embrace, the world’s first in-orbit soft robotic capture demonstration. We are receiving data and currently interpreting it. In the future, we have multiple technology demonstrations planned as part of our roadmap,” he said.
Founded in 2025, Cosmo serve Space has expanded its capabilities in space technologies. At the heart of Mission Embrace is the company’s soft robotic capture mechanism; This mechanism is a coherent technology designed to gently capture unprepared and uncooperative objects in orbit, such as defunct satellites.
The mission aims to validate the technology in space for the first time and lay the foundation for future orbital debris removal missions.
Meanwhile, Grahaa Space has successfully deployed its technology demonstration nanosatellite SOLARAS on the Vikram-1 launch ship from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
“The Grahaa Space Team is delighted with the success of the mission. Mission SIDDHI is an important milestone in our journey to develop indigenous, stackable nanosatellite platforms for low Earth orbit. We congratulate Skyroot Aerospace on its historic first mission,” said Ramesh Kumar V, Co-Founder of Grahaa Space.
SOLARAS was designed to validate Grahaa Space’s stackable nanosatellite platform, communications systems, and hosted payload architecture. The mission also carries VISWA-M, an academic research payload developed by VIT-AP University, which demonstrates the platform’s ability to support research and technology demonstration missions.
Following deployment, the satellite will undergo commissioning and orbital evaluation. The company said the insights gained from the mission will help accelerate its long-term goal of providing near-real-time geospatial video data for a range of civil and commercial applications.
