The Bengaluru-based startup has signed a pact with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro<\/a>) that will allow it to launch atop Isro’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch<\/a> Vehicle (PSLV<\/a>) rocket in early 2021.
It had earlier planned to launch the satellite in mid-2020 on a Russian Soyuz rocket, but the timeline was pushed to end of the year before being delayed further.
Isro chairman K Sivan confirmed the deal with Pixxel and said the space agency was keen to promote more Indian companies to take up space activities.
“We want to help Indian companies to become global leaders,” Sivan told ET.
Pixxel said it signed the deal with Isro because that gave it access to an earlier launch window and it did not want to delay sending its first satellite into orbit any further.
The company is building a constellation of 30 earth-observation satellites that it hopes to get into orbit by mid-2023.
“The Department of Space (DoS) was very keen on us launching from here and it also made more logistical sense for us. It was an opportunity for us to work with our own space organisation and build that relationship,” said Awais Ahmed, cofounder and CEO of Pixxel.
“The deal was recently closed and we will be launching in early 2021 from a PSLV, which is very reliable,” Ahmed added.
Isro’s deal with Pixxel is the second such partnership with an Indian startup that the space organisation has signed after the creation of IN-SPACe, an independent nodal agency under the DoS for allowing space activities and usage of the department’s facilities.
The first deal - signed earlier this week - was with Agnikul, which is building a launch vehicle that will be able to hurl 100 kg satellites into low earth orbit.
Pixxel was one of the finalists in the Best on Campus category in the 2020 edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards.
The startup was a close runner-up for the award, which was bagged by Bellatrix, another space technology startup that is developing electric propulsion engines for satellites.
In September, Pixxel said it had signed an agreement with Momentus Inc to launch its second satellite into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Ahmed said that the deal with Momentus was still on even as it will look to continue working with Isro for future launches as well.
Globally, SpaceX is believed to offer the most affordable space launch solution for ride-share, where multiple payloads are carried in a single spacecraft, at just $5,000 per kilogramme of payload.
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Pixxel,目的是建立印度第一家私人的地球观测卫星,将发射的第一颗人造卫星印度的火箭早些时候,从一个计划使用一个俄罗斯。
Bengaluru-based初创公司已经签署了一项协议,印度空间研究组织(Isro),允许它推出在Isro的主力极地卫星发射车辆(PSLV在2021年初)火箭。
它早前计划发射卫星2020年中期在俄罗斯联盟号火箭,但是时间推到今年年底前进一步延迟。
Isro主席K息汪月确认处理Pixxel和表示,太空总署热衷于推动更多的印度公司占用空间的活动。
“我们希望帮助印度公司成为全球领袖,“息汪月告诉等。
Pixxel Isro表示,签署了协议,因为这给了它进入较早推出窗口,它不想再进一步推迟发送第一颗人造卫星送入轨道。
公司建立一个30地球观测卫星的星座,它希望在2023年年中进入轨道。
“空间的部门(DoS)非常热衷于我们从这里发射,也让更多的物流意识。这对我们来说是一个机会与我们自己的空间组织和建立关系,”Pixxel Awais艾哈迈德说,联合创始人兼首席执行官。
“最近被关闭,我们将推出从PSLV早在2021年,这是非常可靠的,”艾哈迈德补充道。
Isro与Pixxel达成的协议是第二个与印度合作创业,空间组织签署了建立太空后,一个独立的节点机构在DoS下允许空间活动和使用部门的设施。
第一笔交易-本周早些时候签署Agnikul,这是建立一个运载火箭,将能够投掷100公斤卫星送入地球低轨道。
Pixxel是决赛最佳校园奖在2020年版的《经济时报》启动奖。
的启动是一个接近亚军奖,贝拉特里克斯袋装的,另一个空间技术发展电力推进引擎的启动卫星。
9月,Pixxel表示,它已经与Momentus公司签署了一项协议发射第二颗卫星送入轨道上SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭。
艾哈迈德说,即使它处理Momentus仍将继续使用Isro寻找未来的发射。
在全球范围内,SpaceX据信为ride-share提供最实惠的太空发射的解决方法,在多个有效载荷进行在一个航天器,仅5000美元每公斤有效载荷。
Bengaluru-based初创公司已经签署了一项协议,印度空间研究组织(Isro),允许它推出在Isro的主力极地卫星发射车辆(PSLV在2021年初)火箭。
它早前计划发射卫星2020年中期在俄罗斯联盟号火箭,但是时间推到今年年底前进一步延迟。
Isro主席K息汪月确认处理Pixxel和表示,太空总署热衷于推动更多的印度公司占用空间的活动。
“我们希望帮助印度公司成为全球领袖,“息汪月告诉等。
Pixxel Isro表示,签署了协议,因为这给了它进入较早推出窗口,它不想再进一步推迟发送第一颗人造卫星送入轨道。
公司建立一个30地球观测卫星的星座,它希望在2023年年中进入轨道。
“空间的部门(DoS)非常热衷于我们从这里发射,也让更多的物流意识。这对我们来说是一个机会与我们自己的空间组织和建立关系,”Pixxel Awais艾哈迈德说,联合创始人兼首席执行官。
“最近被关闭,我们将推出从PSLV早在2021年,这是非常可靠的,”艾哈迈德补充道。
Isro与Pixxel达成的协议是第二个与印度合作创业,空间组织签署了建立太空后,一个独立的节点机构在DoS下允许空间活动和使用部门的设施。
第一笔交易-本周早些时候签署Agnikul,这是建立一个运载火箭,将能够投掷100公斤卫星送入地球低轨道。
Pixxel是决赛最佳校园奖在2020年版的《经济时报》启动奖。
的启动是一个接近亚军奖,贝拉特里克斯袋装的,另一个空间技术发展电力推进引擎的启动卫星。
9月,Pixxel表示,它已经与Momentus公司签署了一项协议发射第二颗卫星送入轨道上SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭。
艾哈迈德说,即使它处理Momentus仍将继续使用Isro寻找未来的发射。
在全球范围内,SpaceX据信为ride-share提供最实惠的太空发射的解决方法,在多个有效载荷进行在一个航天器,仅5000美元每公斤有效载荷。
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