Agnikul Cosmos is an Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider, founded in 2017 and based out of Chennai. The company is developing the Agnibaan, a customizable small-lift launch vehicle designed to carry payloads of up to 300 kg to a 700 km low Earth orbit. Agnikul utilizes 3D-printed rocket engines, including the Agnilet, to offer affordable and efficient launch services. It has partnerships with organizations like Alaska Aerospace Corporation and EOS, and it also utilizes ISRO facilities.
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Agnikul raised $26.7 million in 2022 to work towards multiple orbital launch attempts of their Agnibaan small launch vehicle.
Private launch plans include suborbital and orbital flights by Agnikul Cosmos using the Agnibaan SOrTeD (Suborbital Tech Demonstrator) and by Skyroot Aerospace using Vikram-1.
Agnikul inaugurated India’s first-ever launchpad designed and operated by a private player.
Shri S. Somanath, Chairman of ISRO and Secretary of the Department of Space, inaugurated the Agnikul launchpad on 2022-11-25.
Agnikul Cosmos founder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran and ISRO scientific secretary R Umamaheswaran signed a non-disclosure agreement last year to test and qualify Agnikul Cosmos’s small rocket.