New Delhi: Hyderabad-based New Space startup Dhruva Space has announced that it will be launching its LEAP-1 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Q3 2025. The satellite has a pair of hosted payloads for private Australian companies Akula Tech’s Nexus-01 AI module and Esper Satellites’ OTR-2 hyperspectral imager. The LEAP-1 satellite is the first commercial mission for Dhruva Space. Dhruva Space will be providing real-time mission management and downlinking of the data from the payloads.

The LEAP-1 satellite. (Image Credit: Dhruva Space).

CEO and Cofounder of Dhruva Space, Sanjay Nekkanti says, “Following a successful qualification of the P-30........

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