Cosmoserve Space has opened a new facility in Hyderabad to develop space-grade electronics, optics and avionics in India, with the aim of cutting reliance on imported components.
Hyderabad-based Cosmoserve Space has opened Base 1, a facility where it plans to develop more of the technologies used in its space missions rather than depend on imported components. The company is looking to build domestic capabilities in space-grade electronics, optics and avionics. It currently sources close to 60% of its mission components locally.
Base 1 is described as India’s first private facility equipped with space vision effect and microgravity simulation, and the sixth of its kind worldwide. It is also India’s first end-to-end design, manufacturing and operations centre dedicated to Active Debris Removal (ADR) and in-orbit servicing.
The facility has four specialised units. There’s an Orbital Rendezvous and Capture Lab to simulate spacecraft capture. A Space Robotics Innovation Lab for robotic systems. An ISO Class 8 clean room for satellite integration. And a Mission Simulation and Control Centre to manage upcoming flights.
Its work will extend beyond debris removal to satellite servicing, in-orbit repairs and refuelling.
“In our first year we have flown our first payload on an Indian rocket, raised our seed round, and today we open a facility where we can design, build, test and fly our missions under one roof,” said Dr Chiranjeevi Phanindra, Founder & CEO of Cosmoserve Space.
In July 2026, the company flew its first payload, Mission Embrace, aboard Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket. The flight hardware was developed in under four months, six months ahead of schedule. The mission did not go entirely as planned: its robotic capture petals failed to deploy, but the flight provided data for further development.
