Cosmoserve Space has raised $6 million and established India's first space debris removal facility in Hyderabad, giving the startup a dedicated base to build and test technology for clearing objects from orbit.
The facility has four main components: an orbital rendezvous and capture lab, a space robotics innovation lab, an ISO Class 8 satellite integration clean room, and a mission simulation and control centre.
Together, these will let the company design, build and test robotic capture systems. The rendezvous and capture lab is aimed at the core challenge of debris removal, which is approaching and securing an object in orbit. The robotics lab will support development of the systems that carry out that work.
The company also plans to develop capabilities for satellite servicing. That extends the same capture and robotics technology beyond debris removal to work on satellites that are already in orbit.
The ISO Class 8 clean room gives Cosmoserve a controlled environment for integrating satellites, while the mission simulation and control centre will be used to model and manage operations. Having these functions under one roof in Hyderabad should allow the team to move from design to testing without relying on outside facilities.
The $6 million raise funds the company's push into a field that depends on advanced robotics, precise orbital operations and hardware testing. Further details on the round, including investors and stage, were not available in the information provided.
