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Dhruva Space, Safran Sign €5 Million Satellite Deal
Dhruva Space from India and Safran Space from France signed a space technology agreement.
The contracts are worth more than €5 million.
The companies plan to work on a much larger project involving 275 satellites.
Dhruva will provide several important satellite parts and ground systems.
Some of these technologies could be used for India’s planned space-surveillance network.
That network is expected to have 52 satellites.
India approved the network in 2024 and plans to deploy it between 2026 and 2030.
Dhruva is also building a large facility near Hyderabad to help produce the satellites.
The agreement was announced at a space summit in Paris.
Dhruva Space and France’s Safran Space signed contracts worth more than €5 million.
The agreement supports a larger project to build and deploy 275 satellites.
Dhruva will supply communications, navigation, optical payloads and ground-station systems.
The companies’ work may support India’s planned 52-satellite space-surveillance constellation.
The collaboration was announced at an International Space Summit in Paris.
- Who
- India’s Dhruva Space Private Ltd and France’s Safran Space.
- What
- They signed contracts worth more than €5 million linked to a project to build and deploy 275 satellites.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Paris; Dhruva’s assembly and testing facility is being built in Shamshabad, Hyderabad.
- When
- The agreement was announced at a summit ending Thursday and published on September 10, 2026; the 52-satellite constellation is planned for deployment from 2026 to 2030.
- Why
- The collaboration is intended to supply satellite technologies and support a larger satellite program, including India’s planned space-surveillance constellation.
Key facts
- Contract value
- More than €5 million
- Planned satellite project
- 275 satellites
- India’s surveillance constellation
- 52 satellites
- Planned deployment period
- 2026–2030
- Approved budget
- ₹26,968 crore
- Dhruva facility
- A planned 280,000-square-foot design, engineering, assembly, integration and testing facility in Shamshabad, Hyderabad
- Satellite suppliers
- ISRO is to build 21 satellites, with the remainder assigned to domestic private-sector companies
Quotes
Senior Dhruva Space official
A senior official of Dhruva Space who discussed the collaboration with BusinessLine.
“In continuation to the ongoing commercial missions being delivered and the upcoming 280,000 sq. ft. AIT facility, the comprehensive collaboration between the companies will help strengthen the satellite program under the Satellite Bus as a Service Program and the upcoming Global Ground Station Network by Dhruva Space under the EO-PPP, both awarded by IN-SPACe earlier this year.”
thehindubusinessline.com
“This collaboration between Dhruva Space and Safran is aimed at a larger project to build and deploy 275 satellites for which Dhruva Space made an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) filing earlier this year”
thehindubusinessline.com
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