Azista BST Aerospace is an Indo-German joint venture specializing in the manufacturing of small satellites and satellite subsystems. Founded in 2019, the company aims to revolutionize the mass production of small satellites, with a target to manufacture about 100 satellites per year. Azista BST Aerospace offers services including Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) for Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) operations, and data reception from remote sensing satellites. Key partners include Azista Industries, Berlin Space Technologies, and Exolaunch, and it has launched satellites aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9.
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Azista BST Aerospace's AFR-1 was deployed using a CarboNIX separation system on Transporter-8.
AFR-1 is an in-orbit demonstrator for Azista BST Aerospace's planned mass-production microsatellite platform.
Azista BST Aerospace’s factory in Ahmedabad is geared up to produce 10 ABA First Runner–class satellites in 2024.
Azista BST Aerospace is developing the next set of satellites using modular satellite buses with versatile payloads.
Azista BST Aerospace created a 50,000-square-foot facility capable of supporting production of two satellites per week.
Azista BST Aerospace launched its first satellite ABA First Runner (AFR) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on 12 June 2023 at 02:19 PM PST as part of the Transporter 8 mission.
Several Azista BST Aerospace satellites are planned to be launched within the next 12 to 24 months to establish space heritage and vertically integrated production capabilities from India.
Azista BST Aerospace is developing additional satellites using modular satellite buses to demonstrate versatile payload capabilities.
Azista BST Aerospace’s factory in Ahmedabad is geared up to produce 10 ABA First Runner-class satellites in 2024.
Several Azista BST Aerospace satellites are planned for launch within the next 12 to 24 months to establish space heritage.
Azista BST Aerospace created a 50,000-square-foot facility capable of supporting production of two satellites per week.
Azista BST Aerospace will launch its first satellite ABA First Runner (AFR) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in June 2023 as part of the Transporter 8 mission.
Other core members of the Indian Space Association include Godrej, Hughes India, Azista-BST Aerospace Private Limited, BEL, Centum Electronics, and Maxar India.