Bellatrix Aerospace, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, India, is a private aerospace manufacturer focused on developing sustainable and efficient in-space propulsion systems for small to medium-sized satellites. They are known for their electric, green, and nano propulsion technologies, including the Pushpak Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) and Arka Hall effect thrusters. Bellatrix works with organizations like ISRO and has recently expanded to the US, aiming to provide propulsion solutions to US satellite manufacturers. Their expertise lies in innovative space mobility solutions, active debris removal, satellite servicing and green propulsion alternatives.
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Bellatrix Aerospace has discontinued development of Chetak and is focusing more on satellite propulsion technologies.
Bellatrix Aerospace conceptualized Chetak as a two-stage, liquid methane-powered micro launch vehicle in 2017–2018.
Bellatrix Aerospace signed an MOU with an unnamed prominent U.S. satellite manufacturer.
Bellatrix Aerospace qualified its green and electric propulsion systems in orbit in 2024.
Bellatrix Aerospace has a multi-million-dollar backlog for satellite production.
Bellatrix Aerospace planned to open a U.S. satellite-production factory when it set up its U.S. subsidiary.
Bellatrix Aerospace closed an $8 million Series A round in 2022.
Bellatrix Aerospace’s new funding is intended to help it meet satellite-building demand from customers in India and from international partners.
Bellatrix Aerospace has signed agreements with Astroscale Japan and NewSpace India Limited.
Bellatrix Aerospace raised $20 million in a Pre-Series B round to ramp up production of its in-orbit propulsion technology.
Bellatrix Aerospace set up a subsidiary in the United States in April 2025.
Cactus Partners led Bellatrix Aerospace’s Pre-Series B round.
Bellatrix Aerospace launched its Harbinger satellite on Transporter-16 to test multiple technologies in low Earth orbit, including an in-house designed ADCS system.
Bellatrix Aerospace’s Pre-Series B round included Hero Investment Office, 35North Ventures, Indusbridge Ventures, Monarch Holdings, Inflexor Ventures, Pavestone VC, GrowX, StartupXseed, and Survam Partners.
Bellatrix Aerospace was founded in 2015 to build Hall-effect thrusters for a range of orbital missions.
Bellatrix Aerospace completed India’s first test of a high-performance propulsion system using green-fuel alternatives in 2022.
Two POEM-3 payloads developed by Bellatrix Aerospace, RUDRA 0.3 and ARKA-200, are now space-qualified after meeting mission success criteria.
ARKA-200 is a heater-less hollow cathode for Hall thrusters developed by Bellatrix Aerospace.
Bellatrix Aerospace tested India’s first privately developed Hall Effect Thruster, Arka, in 2021.
Firing of Rudra produced a measurable displacement of the POEM-3 platform that matched Bellatrix Aerospace’s simulations.