Archive · 10 Sep 2026
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.
- 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.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Paris; Dhruva’s assembly and testing facility is being built in Shamshabad, Hyderabad.
- Why
- The collaboration is intended to supply satellite technologies and support a larger satellite program, including India’s planned space-surveillance constellation.
- 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