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 Cosmos announced a partnership with NeevCloud in February 2026.
AgniKul Cosmos is developing a space-based AI data center planned to launch aboard Agnibaan as soon as 2027.
AgniKul Cosmos’s suborbital test vehicle used the world’s first flight of a single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic engine.
AgniKul Cosmos launched its suborbital test vehicle from a privately built launch pad, the first in India.
AgniKul Cosmos established a Large Format Additive Metal Manufacturing facility containing India’s largest 3D metal printer dedicated to rocket components.
AgniKul Cosmos successfully conducted the first launch of its suborbital test vehicle on May 30, 2024.
AgniKul Cosmos is developing Agnibaan, a small-lift launch vehicle designed to place payloads of up to 100 kilograms into a 700-kilometer orbit.
AgniKul Cosmos has a valuation of about $500 million.
AgniKul Cosmos completed the Agnibaan SOrTeD demonstration flight to validate its propulsion technologies.
AgniKul Cosmos and Skyroot Aerospace are among the main private Indian space operators developing domestic launch capabilities for the small-satellite market.
AgniKul Cosmos was founded in 2017.
AgniKul Cosmos completed the Agnibaan SOrTeD demonstration flight in 2024.
AgniKul Cosmos has raised more than $40 million in funding.
AgniKul Cosmos has reached a valuation of about $500 million.
Skyroot and Agnikul missed 2025 for their first orbital launch attempts against their revised projections.
Agnikul’s planned launch vehicles have even smaller lift capacity than Skyroot’s Vikram-I.
Srinath Ravichandran is Co-founder and CEO of AgniKul Cosmos.
Agnikul's SOrTeD achieved a maximum altitude of less than 10 kilometers.
Agnikul launched its first rocket demonstrator mission called Suborbital Tech Demonstrator (SOrTeD) on May 30.
ISRO assisted Agnikul with mission reviews and flight tracking, and enabled the setup of their private launchpad at the Sriharikota spaceport.