Private Space News (16-20 June)

Landspace, a Chinese private rocket company, has successfully launched six satellites for Spacety, a commercial satellite operator known for Earth observation data. The launch of the methane-fueled Zhuque-2E rocket demonstrates China’s growing maturity in the private launch vehicle industry and its ability to serve commercial satellite customers. The “Three-Body Computing Constellation” project aims to deploy up to 2,800 satellites, positioning China as a global leader in space-based AI computing infrastructure. China’s commercial space sector is experiencing a record surge in funding and dealmaking, with rocket manufacturers like Landspace, Space Pioneer, Galactic Energy, and Deep Blue Aerospace securing hundreds of millions of dollars in recent funding rounds. Russia’s space private sector, space tech startups, and the Skolkovo Innovation Center ecosystem are focusing on companies like Dauria Aerospace, Sputnix, Spectralaser, New Energy Technologies, Azmerit, Lin Industrial, Bureau 1440, Future Lab, and Integral Robotics. The US private space startup ecosystem is robust and innovative, with key innovation areas including reusable launch vehicles, satellite servicing, space situational awareness, Earth observation, space-based manufacturing, and satellite internet.

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Dhruva Space: Shaping India’s Future Space Manufacturing

Dhruva Space, a Hyderabad-based startup, is India’s first full-stack private space company, offering satellite platforms, deployment systems, and mission operations for government and commercial clients. Founded by Sanjay Nekkanti, Abhay Egoor, and Narayan Prasad, the company has built out R&D, testing, and integration labs to support small satellite manufacturing. Dhruva Space’s core strength lies in modularity and scalability, with its technology stack including deployers, satellite avionics, structural frames, solar arrays, batteries, and onboard computers. As India aims to capture 9% of the global space economy by 2030, Dhruva Space is positioning itself as a globally competitive satellite systems provider from the Global South.

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