Hyderabad: AWS (Amazon Web Services) has announced the lauch of the first-ever space accelerator in India. The program will support selected space tech startups in their growth journey with expertise, mentorship, and AWS credits cumulatively worth up to US $100,000.
Dubbed AWS Space Accelerator: India, it is a technical, business, and mentorship opportunity designed to foster startups focused on space technology. The 14-week program is aimed at providing dedicated technical expertise, specialised AWS training, and mentoring from space domain and technical experts. It is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement AWS signed with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe).
The shortlisted startups are:
- Advick Agventure (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
- Insight360.ai (Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
- AERO2ASTRO (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
- Taramandal (Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)
- SpanTrik (Hyderabad, Telangana)
- AkashaLabdhi Pvt. Ltd. (Roorkee, Uttarakhand)
- Blurgs AI (Bengaluru, Karnataka)
- Aeroin SpaceTech Pvt. Ltd. (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
- Cosmicport (Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu)
- Onnes Cryogenics Pvt. Ltd. (Hyderabad, Telangana)
- Brahmaandco Spacetech (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
- Cosmo Crawler (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
- Expanse Cosmos (Delhi)
- CoralComp Pvt. Ltd. (Hyderabad, Telangana)
- GISKernel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Pune, Maharashtra)
- Agnihotri Aerospace (Mangaluru, Karnataka)
- KosmosOne (Suryatola, Maharashtra)
- Satlabs Space Systems (Bengaluru, Karnataka)
- Inbound Aerospace (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
- Omspace Rocket and Exploration (Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
- Sisir Radar (Kolkata, West Bengal)
- Pramatra Space (Bengaluru, Karnataka)
- Space Aura (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
- Thrustworks Dynetics (Pune, Maharashtra)
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