Hyderabad startup opens India’s first private space debris recovery facility

Hyderabad-based startup Cosmoserve Space has unveiled 'Base 1', a private facility and only the sixth in the world equipped with space-vision systems and microgravity simulation capabilities for satellite servicing and space debris recovery. The inauguration of Base 1, which was attended by Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh and Telangana IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu, marks a significant step in India's growing technological capabilities in the space sector.

The facility, spread across multiple specialised laboratories, combines satellite integration, space robotics, mission simulation, and orbital capture technologies, aiming to address the challenge of orbital debris and reduce satellite-servicing costs. Cosmoserve founder and CEO Dr. Chiranjeevi Phanindra expressed the company's intent to revolutionize the space industry by developing a proprietary Dual Spacecraft Architecture, with the potential to lower costs from approximately $10 million to less than $1 million per satellite.

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