Indurti invites researchers-organizations for exploring fresh satellite data
A joint venture from Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Berlin, is geared up to produce 10 of satellites in 2024 for the global market, the first of which is onboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 13 June 2023, 02:49 AM IST as part of the Transporter 8 Mission.
Azista BST Aerospace (ABA) Managing Director Srinivas Reddy Male said on 12 June 2023, “Our factory in Ahmedabad is already geared up to produce 10 of these satellites in 2024.
“We are grateful for the support from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Indian National Space Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), and the Indian Space Association (ISpA) to help us achieve this major milestone.”
ABA, a partnership between Azista Industries Pvt Ltd and Berlin Space Technologies GmbH, has its first satellite, AFR, is an 80kg satellite built on a modular bus platform and hosts a wide-swath optical remote sensing payload with both panchromatic & multispectral imaging capabilities.
Envisioning mass manufacturing of India-built satellites for the global market, says its creation of a state-of-the-art 50,000-square-foot facility capable of supporting the production of 2 satellites per week.
Its first satellite ABA First Runner (AFR) is for civilian and defense purposes. AFR represents the first satellite of its size and performance built by the private space industry in India.
Director Sunil Indurti stated, “Azista BST Aerospace invites researchers and organizations interested in exploring the use of fresh satellite data for various geospatial applications to get in touch with us and take advantage of this exciting opportunity.”
Azista BST Aerospace is already in the process of realizing the next set of satellites to demonstrate its capabilities with versatile payloads with its modular satellite buses. Several of these satellites will be launched within the next 12-24 months to establish space heritage and solidify vertically integrated production capabilities from India.
ABA owns and operates a factory in Ahmedabad for manufacturing small satellites in India for the global market. ABA’s installed annual production capacity of 100 microsatellites makes it the largest satellite manufacturing facility in India. The company operates a 50,000-square-foot facility with state-of-the-art infrastructure to develop and manufacture highly reliable space systems. Fiinews.com
