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Grahaa Space, a Bengaluru-based spacetech startup, has obtained authorisation from Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN–SPACe) to motorboat its maiden nano outer ngo called Solaras S2, as exertion objection by the extremity of November.
The motorboat volition hap from Alcântara Space Center (CEA) successful Brazil done the Hanbit-Nano motorboat conveyance developed by Korea-based Innospace, according to the company.
“Solaras S2 ngo volition suffice our nano outer autobus and level and let america to measure the performance. It is simply a focused method measurement that confirms our readiness for the adjacent phase,” said Ramesh Kumar V, Founder and CEO, Grahaa Space.
According to Mr. Kumar, this advancement has been imaginable with the enactment from STIIC incubation centre astatine IIST Trivandrum and IN-SPACe. `The upcoming missions scheduled to beryllium launched successful aboriginal 2026 with Skyroot - volition suffice the communications module, stitchery geospatial information from the optical payload and found intersatellite links.’’
The ngo was aimed astatine gathering a reliable nano-satellite capableness that could enactment assorted on-ground applications utilizing near-real-time geospatial data, helium added.
Co-Founded by an ex-ISRO scientist, Dr. Loganathan Muthuswamy, and an ex-IBMer, Ramesh Kumar V, Grahaa abstraction is 1 of the newspace startups from India moving towards providing near-real clip world reflection information on-demand utilizing an precocious constellation of nano satellites from debased world orbit.
In 2024, Grahaa Space has signed up with South Korea based Innospace - for its Solaras-S2 exertion objection ngo to suffice immoderate of its systems and subsystems.
Backed by the Viskan radical of companies, Grahaa Space has been incubated astatine the Space Technology Incubation and Innovation Centre (STIIC) wrong the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) premises, Thiruvananthapuram.
