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Indian Space Startup Agnikul Cosmos Signs Deal With Alaska Aerospace For Test-Launch Of Its 'Agnibaan' Rocket
Agnikul's Agnibaan rocket (Pic Via Twitter)
As part of its plan to launch its rocket from foreign rocket ports, Chennai-based small rocket-maker Agnikul Cosmos Private Ltd on Wednesday (30 September) said that it has signed an agreement with the Alaska Aerospace Corporation.
In a tweet, Agnikul Cosmos said: “It’s exactly 1 year since we presented our #MadeInIndia solution to honourable PM Shri @narendramodi ji. Today, humbled to take our homegrown product further as a global solution to customers across the world. Thank you, Alaska Aerospace.”
As per the agreement, Agnikul Cosmos will test-launch its ‘Agnibaan’ rocket from Alaska Aerospace’s Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaskar on Kodiak Island in the US.
Agnikul Cosmos, which is developing a small rocket with a capacity to carry 100 kg satellite into low earth orbit, said that the ability to launch from high latitude launch ports is a significant advantage.
In July 2020, Agnikul signed an MoU with Italian company Leaf Space for ground station services.
Ravichandran had said the company has signed up with a launch port in south Australia and is exploring four to five launch ports across the world.
The company is hopeful of signing a satellite launch contract in 2021 and the debut launch of its ‘Agnibaan’ rocket is planned for 2022.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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