The Department of Space has entered into a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Agnikul Cosmos.
Agnikul Cosmos is a Chennai-based start-up located in the National Centre for combustion R&D, IIT Madras, which builds small private satellite launch vehicle.
The company will be enabled for accessing the facilities and technical expertise available in the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) centres to proceed with their launch vehicle development programme.
The agreement is the first one of its kind, and the Department has signed after the establishment of IN-SPACe, the authorisation and regulatory body under DOS for enabling private players to undertake space activities in India.