It’s official: our
#ThyboltMission
satellites are in
#Space
!
Here’s the moment we learned of a successful separation of Thybolt-1 & Thybolt-2 from our 1U Satellite Orbital Deployer onboard
#ISRO
’s PSLV C54!
A hearty congratulations to our partner
@SkyrootA
on
#PrarambhMission
! This is a huge win for the private Space sector of India, and we look forward to many more.
🚨 MISSIONS SUCCESS! We are thrilled to share the successful testing and Space-qualification of our 3U and 6U Satellite Orbital Deployers and Orbital Link onboard
#ISRO
’s PSLV-C55 mission!
Read more about our
#missionsuccess
at our website:
The countdown is on!
Today, the world’s eyes are on India as
#ISRO
takes
#LVM3
-M4 /
#Chandrayaan3
to the orbits.
🌖 A truly proud moment for India’s Space Program. and the country’s history.
All the very best,
#ISRO
!
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life – for Dhruva Space!
Here's your first look at our upcoming 280,000 sq-ft Design, Engineering, Assembly, Integration and Testing facility near
#Hyderabad
for the indigenous manufacturing of
#satellite
platforms and subsystems,
✅ MISSION SUCCESS
Dhruva Space is open for business as a hosted payload solution provider; declares success of
#LEAPTD
platform, onboard
@isro
’s PSLV-C58 POEM-3.
Read more:
As we prepare for our upcoming
#ThyboltMission
onboard
#ISRO
's PSLV C54 on 26 Nov we are also over-the-moon to reveal our mission patch. It is momentous that on the same day, we will be observing 10 years of Dhruva Space!
Read more:
#ThyboltMission
Update: We are thrilled to share that we have established contact with both
#satellites
and the performance of the in-house-developed subsystems is normal!
🚀 Launch day for
#PSLVC55
!
With about 3 hours left till lift-off, we’ll be revelling in these gorgeous shots taken by
#ISRO
photographers from Satish Dhawan Space Centre,
#Sriharikota
.
🌖 “Dream big, think big - and make us proud!” The words of Shri S Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space, and Chairman,
#ISRO
, continue to resonate with Team Dhruva Space on the heels of his first visit to our
#Hyderabad
HQ yesterday.
🇮🇳🌗 “INDIA IS NOW ON THE MOON!”
Our hearts are full! Congratulations to ISRO for achieving soft landing on the Moon with
#Chandrayaan3
!
Our team’s excitement is surely resounding!
🚀 Another successful launch by ISRO and another feather to the hat of
#India
’s space accomplishments. Hearty congratulations Team
#ISRO
, Team OneWeb, Team IN-SPACe, and Team NSIL.
Beginning of a New Era!
Congratulations to
@isro
and NSIL on the successful launch of PSLV C54 mission.
With the launch of 3 indigenous satellites by
@PixxelSpace
and
@DhruvaSpace
, India has carved a new milestone in Space technology.
For the
#ThyboltMission
launch we held our Watch Party at
@_PVRCinemas
#Hyderabad
!
The excitement was electric on the big screen and across the audience. Thank you to the
#HamRadio
operators who came and showed their support to this mission that we hold close to our hearts! 📡
PSLV-C53 is scheduled to launch DS-EO & 2 other co-passenger satellites on June 30, 2022, at 18:00 hrs IST from the 2nd Launch Pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. It accompanies PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) orbiting the earth as a stabilized platform.
☄️ A truly out-of-this-world experience to have hosted the 40 students from numerous Indian States chosen for
#ISRO
and
#NRSC
’s ‘YUVIKA’ or ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ / ‘Young Scientist Programme’.
🚀 MISSION DSOD 1U IS OFFICIALLY A SUCCESS
We are beyond thrilled to share that Dhruva Space has space-qualified its Satellite Orbital Deployer on
#ISRO
's PSLV C53 mission this evening.
For more info, visit our newsroom post:
Thank you Hon’ble Prime Minister Modiji for the kind words of encouragement and support. We look forward to leading the private industry-led Space revolution of India!
The launch of 3 satellites from Indian companies
@PixxelSpace
and
@DhruvaSpace
heralds the beginning of a new era, where Indian talent in space technology can be fully realized. Congratulations to all the companies and everyone involved in this launch.
📰 Being featured in The New York Times marks an important milestone for the Indian Space industry and private startups working to make an impact in the orbits!
Thank you to Alex Travelli, Atul Loke and the team at NYT!
Suddenly India has become home to at least 140 space-tech start-ups, leaping from five when the pandemic started. The country now stands to transform Earth’s connection to the final frontier.
More deployer tests planned today !! Our party got interrupted though due to a Thermovac technical issue. Will resume in few hours again.
#reliabilitytests
#ISRO
Full house at our Hyderabad HQ, as our team is tuned into the
#Chandrayaan3
landing via
#ISRO
’s live telecast!
🇮🇳🛰️🌗A history-in-the-making day for India and the world.
Congratulations
@isro
on the very successful launch of the C52 mission and deploying all the satellites in the intended orbit successfully.
#unstoppable
#AtmaNirbharBharat
!!
🌒 It’s official: the mighty
#Chandrayaan3
is that much closer to discovering the secrets of the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3's spectacular launch carries with it the vision and ambition of those who conceived the mission many years ago, the skill and passion of everyone in the
🛰️ Here it is! Our Mission Patch and full rundown for our
#LEAPTD
mission!
‘Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads - Technology Demonstrator’ or LEAP-TD.
The mission scheduled for 01 Jan 2024 will see the validation of our P-30 nanosatellite platform and its subsystems
We were honoured to welcome Lt. General Vinod G. Khandare PVSM, AVSM, SM, Principal Adviser, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, to our
#Hyderabad
headquarters today.
I wish all the very best to Telugu Boys Chaitanya Dora, Kranthi Musunuru, Abhay Egoor, Krishna Teja & Sanjay Nekkanti – co-founders of Dhruva Space – that will launch the
#ThyboltMission
onboard
#ISRO
's PSLV C54 on 26 November.(1/2)
Met our investee co Dhruva Space at their facility in Hyderabad..just so happens that their recently launched pico satellite Thybolt 2 was jus passing over the city!!
As we close off 2022, it's natural to get sentimental about the year that was. But we're eager to look onto a year that can be!
Wishing you all a 2023 teeming with more achievements, more collaboration, and more dialogue.
#HappyNewYear
Launch Party : Fill the excitement in the air with us, interact with the team and explore our products & services. Due to limited slots, we are accomodating only the first 6 invitees in our Office space for the live screening.
#ISRO
Registration link:
It was wonderful to host the
@AusSpaceAgency
at Dhruva Space's HQ in
#Hyderabad
yesterday!
We enjoyed some enlightening conversations on synergies across the respective nations' emerging private startups, next-gen
#Space
technologies, and more.
Here's to more collaboration!
Over the weekend, our Hardware Engineer Lavanya Priya and CTO Abhay Egoor spoke about the need for women in the Space Industry while encouraging young student attendees from various high schools around
#Hyderabad
to pursue a career in
#STEAM
and
#Space
.
Thank you to our partners over at
@SkyrootA
for joining us for the
#ThyboltMission
Launch Watch Party! It’s wonderful to see the private Space sector thriving — this is just the start!
It was very exciting to watch the livestream of today’s PSLV
@isro
launch along with
@DhruvaSpace
team at
#Hyderabad
on a PVR screen. Big congrats to them on their successful deployment of Thybolt-1&2 satellites into Orbit👏🏻
Our Indian space startups are on a roll this year!!!
📡 We are excited to share that Dhruva Space has received authorisation from IN-SPACe for Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS)!
🛰️ This IN-SPACe authorisation empowers Dhruva Space to offer critical ground support, enabling real-time
#satellite
communication and control. This
🏆We’re pleased to share that we’ve been recognised with a
#Telangana
State Industry Award ‘Best Startup - Silver’, by
@ministerKTR
@KTRBRS
.
🛰️ “These are the change agents!”
Thank you to Government of
#Telangana
and
@GlobalLinker
for this prestigious platform!
IT & Industries Minister
@KTRTRS
congratulated the leadership team of
@DhruvaSpace
, a
@THubHyd
incubated startup that recently launched two nano satellites successfully. The Minister assured them of complete support from the Telangana Government in their future endeavours.
🌞 Bravo ISRO on a majestic liftoff! PSLV continues to live up to its beloved nickname as ‘the workhorse of ISRO’.
A new landmark in global Space history as
#ISRO
’s PSLV-C57 XL carrying
#AdityaL1
sees the country’s first observatory-class Space-based solar mission set to study
We are blown away by all the support from Space lovers of the world!
As we await the performance statuses of our DSOD-3U, DSOD-6U, and DSOL following ISRO's successful
#PSLVC55
launch, check out this animation of the ongoing missions:
In the lead-up to our upcoming launches, we frequently undertake Antenna Deployment tests. These tests take place in our Helmholtz Cage and verify the mechanical integrity of the doors while the satellite tumbles from the Deployer.
Btw, what got interrupted yesterday is back in action today !! We are doing a deployer actuation test in the Thermovac. We are trying some iterations to have the deployer actuation under X seconds. Guess X ?
This morning, Team Dhruva Space enjoyed a visit from British Deputy High Commissioner
@Andrew007Uk
ahead of our mission with
#ISRO
’s PSLV C53 launch tomorrow.
Thank you for the encouragement and enlightening conversation, Dr Fleming!
Remembering the late astronaut
#KalpanaChawla
on her birth anniversary.
👩🏼🚀 Kaplana Chawla broke the glass ceiling and encouraged other young women to pursue a career in
#Aerospace
, while taking her own pursuits to infinity and beyond.
🛰️🎉 Dhruva Space has secured ₹123 Crores in our Series A fundraise!
We are extremely thankful to the investment community of Indian Angel Network Alpha Fund and Blue Ashva Capital, as well as Silverneedle Ventures, BIG Global Investment JSC (BITEXCO Group), IvyCap Ventures,
🇸🇬 Let’s meet in
#Singapore
!
We’re excited to exhibit at the Global Space and Technology Convention (
#GSTC
), organised by Singapore Space & Technology Limited. (1/2)
THREAD: Ever wondered how our Bolt module works?
📡 Here is a breakdown of how this hybrid connectivity module works, to provide seamless connectivity between
#mobile
and
#satellite
communications.
In the news 📰 | Dhruva Space and
@COMATSPACE
are looking forward to an enriching collaboration that entails the supply of Comat's Reaction Wheels and SADM and Dhruva Space's Space-grade Solar Arrays.
🛰 Read on: via
@EconomicTimes
&
@PTI_News
Wonderful to see the hard work of young engineers at
@DhruvaSpace
reach fruition as they launch their
#ThyboltMission
satellites onboard ISRO’s PSLV C54 mission today! A reminder to never give up!
We are pleased to announce that Dhruva Space has signed an MoU with
@INSPACeIND
!
▶️: Our CEO
@sanjaynekkanti
at the inauguration of
#INSPACe
in Ahmedabad,
#Gujarat
, with Dr. P. K. Jain, Director - Program Management and Authorisation, and Dr Vinod Kumar, Director - Promotions
Team Dhruva Space remembers the late Dr
#VikramSarabhai
on his birth anniversary.
🚀 Dr Sarabhai, against numerous odds, advanced the Indian Space Program to new vistas and remains a beacon of hope to anyone who dreams big and wants to pursue a career in
#Aerospace
.
The India Space Congress 2022 in
#NewDelhi
kicks off with an illuminating keynote by Dr S. Somanath, Chairman,
#ISRO
, and Secretary, Department of Space. “India has many youngsters with so many ideas. Mentor them… We can create a vibrant
#Space
sector.”
Team Dhruva riveted as Padma Shri Vasudevan Gnana Gandhi speaks of his journey leading up to his work on the VIKING-VIKAS Engine in the 1970s — plus he got a tour of our office!
Mr Gnana Gandhi is the pioneer of cryogenic rocket science, and a former
#ISRO
Program Director.
🏆 Thrilled to share that our CTO Abhay Egoor won CTO of the Year, and the Dhruva Space team won 1st Runner Up for Emerging Leader of the Year, at IT4SMB Tech Drive and Awards
#Hyderabad
.
Celebrating One of the proudest moments for
@isro
, India and its space program. On 19th April 1975 India has launched its first indigenously built satellite Aryabhata. A reminder that is still relevant today, “success is built on persistence and willingness to risk failure”.
At Dhruva Space, we strive towards healthy knowledge-sharing about
#Space
, so feel free to pop some questions in the comments’ section, and we’ll get them answered!
Startup India, DPIIT recognizes Dhruva Space as the Co-Winner for ‘Space’ in the category ‘Satellite Technology’.They build small satellite constellations for Earth observation and scientific application, helping countries to have satellites in orbits.
#NationalStartupAwards2020
Thank you
@DhruvaSpace
for visiting us! A very fruitful discussion on
#Smallsat
equipment and
#partnership
opportunities !
Check out Comat’s solutions to accompany the ongoing
#Newspace
revolution here:
And that's a wrap for
#IAC2022
! We've had a fruitful week, meeting various Space luminaries from around the world, and making some new connections.
Thank you
@isro
for hosting us at the Indian Pavilion!
#IAF
#Paris
#France
#Spaceforall
It has been an amazing 10 years so far for Dhruva Space and we have so much more ahead of us!
▶️ Take a trip down memory lane with us as we look back on the company's evolution since its inception in 2012
Minister
@KTRTRS
conveyed best wishes to
@DhruvaSpace
, a spacetech startup based in Hyderabad, which is going to launch two satellites tomorrow (November 26,2022).
We wrapped up the week with our CEO Sanjay Nekkanti being presented with a token of recognition for the
#ThyboltMission
, at the ‘Recent Trends in Space Sector: New India’ seminar, at NGRI,
#Hyderabad
.
Thank you to Hon’ble Governor of
#Telangana
@DrTamilisaiGuv
for the accolade.
🇺🇸 👩🏽🚀 🇮🇳 Over the weekend, our team was at the 'Let's Space Forward' reception organised by the U.S. Consulate Hyderabad, in celebration of the 248th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. The evening was alive with celebrations of Indo-U.S.
Day 3 of the Centre-State Science Conclave in
#Ahmedabad
: Engineering students from Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Technical Institute, asking about our P-DoT CubeSat that will be launched onboard
#ISRO
’s PSLV C54 mission.
On this decennial
#TelanganaFormationDay
, we thank the Government of
#Telangana
for enabling us with a thriving ecosystem for aerospace and defence manufacturing, and we are excited to see
#Hyderabad
on the world stage for Space business!
🇮🇳 🫱🏾🫲🏽 🇦🇹 It was a privilege to have our CEO Sanjay Nekkanti, represent Dhruva Space at the 'India - Austria Business Meeting' held at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, as part of an Indian CEO Delegation to
#Austria
.
The meeting – which took place in the presence of Hon'ble Prime
If you’d like to know about
#ThyboltMission
, the team that worked very hard on it, and what’s ahead for Dhruva Space, sign up to our
#newsletter
'Downlink, Uplink' — next edition coming very soon!
🛰The Dhruva Space team is at the
#IAC2023
; 2 - 6 October in Baku,
#Azerbaijan
!
Meet us at the Indian Pavilion (Booth 205) to learn more about our faster, more cost-effective and reliable Space solutions!
To book a meeting, email business
@dhruvaspace
.com, or drop by and say
Team Dhruva Space looks back on what the year 2022 entailed; two landmark
#missions
launched on
#ISRO
's PSLV, a busy trade show and events circuit, HAB missions, and more.
... and we're just getting started; 2023 incoming!
▶️:
We’re happy to announce that following the launch of our
#ThyboltMission
, we’ll be sharing our views on the growing
#SatCom
sector at
@connectBIF
’s India SatCom 2022,
#NewDelhi
.
The 8th flagship event from BIF will be focussed on ‘SatCom for Inclusive Growth’.
It has been a truly insightful time at
@connectBIF
’s India SatCom 2022 in
#NewDelhi
.
Themed ‘Satcom for inclusive growth,’ our CEO Sanjay Nekkanti spoke on the evolving industry, and the imperative need for not just
#satellites
, but also full-stack solutions.
A busy Saturday underway for Team Dhruva!
☀️Our QA-QC Engineer Umashankar is undertaking a visual inspection of CFRP Composite Sandwich Solar Panel Substrates.
Watch this space (no pun intended).
#solar
#spacetech
#research
#energy
#science
#hyderabad
On August 10, we successfully accomplished a High Altitude Balloon (HAB) mission in collaboration with
@TIFRH_buzz
, in light of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence - ‘Azadi Ka
@AmritMahotsav
an initiative by the Government of India.
#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav
#IndiaAt75