Archive · 10 Nov 2025
Indian Startup Aims for Inflatable Space Habitats, Targeting Space Infrastructure Market
Imagine building a house, but in space!
Instead of sending heavy bricks and lots of building materials, a company called Akashalabdhi is making special, strong "tents" that can be squeezed into a small package.
When they get to space, these tents inflate like balloons to become rooms or storage areas.
This is much cheaper than sending big rockets full of stuff.
These space homes can be used for fun things like making medicines in space, testing new computers, or even helping future explorers on the Moon.
The company has already raised money and is planning its first big space "tent" launch soon.
They want to be the go-to builders for any new spaceships or bases people want to create beyond Earth.
Indian startup Akashalabdhi is developing inflatable space habitats using lightweight composite and fabric materials.
The technology aims to provide a cost-effective solution for space infrastructure by allowing structures to be deployed and inflated in orbit or on planetary surfaces.
These habitats are designed to address logistical challenges for future space economies, such as asteroid mining and lunar bases.
Akashalabdhi has secured $1.2 million in pre-seed funding and has an order book of ₹3 crore.
The company plans to launch a 70 cubic meter inflatable structure next year, housing multiple clients with different space missions.
- Who
- Indian startup Akashalabdhi, founded by Siddharth Jena
- What
- Developing inflatable space habitats made from lightweight composites and fabric designed to be deployed and inflated in orbit or on planetary surfaces.
- When
- Upcoming moonshot launch set for July next year; global space-tech market projected to reach $769.7 billion by 2030.
- Where
- Outer space, including orbit and planetary surfaces; test facility being set up in Switzerland's Hagerbach Test Gallery.
- Why
- To provide cost-effective infrastructure for space economies, including asteroid mining, zero-gravity manufacturing, and lunar bases, addressing storage and logistical challenges.
Current Space Habitat Approaches
Akashalabdhi's Inflatable Approach
Construction Method
Current Space Habitat Approaches
Structures like the ISS are costly and assembled over years by sending up material through multiple launches.
Akashalabdhi's Inflatable Approach
Akashalabdhi designs lightweight, soft composite and fabric structures deployable via a single mission and inflated in orbit or on a planetary surface.
Cost Efficiency
Current Space Habitat Approaches
Sending supplies and building infrastructure from Earth is expensive.
Akashalabdhi's Inflatable Approach
Inflatable habitats aim to reduce the cost of establishing space infrastructure by enabling on-site deployment.
- Company
- Akashalabdhi
- Founder & CEO
- Siddharth Jena
- Technology
- Inflatable space structures made of soft composites and fabric
- Target Market
- Space real estate and infrastructure, storage solutions for space economies
- Funding
- $1.2 million pre-seed round
- Order Book
- ₹3 crore
- Upcoming Launch
- July next year (70 cubic meter inflatable structure)