The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has launched its first technical centre to aid startups and larger private companies in designing and planning space missions in Ahmedabad.
The IN-SPACe facility in Ahmedabad will offer shared infrastructure including for climate simulation, thermal and vacuum environment simulation, and space systems assembly and testing environment. This centre has been on IN-SPACe’s agenda since the liberalisation of the space industry for private sector participation in 2020.
According to Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, the facility will boost private space efforts and make India self-reliant in space technology.
In addition, according to S. Somanath, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), ISRO will work alongside IN-SPACe to boost growth of the space economy and empower non-governmental entities (NGEs).
