Space Commerce/Antrix

India’s Space capability is being marketed globally by Antrix Corporation Limited. As the commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, Antrix is engaged in providing Space products and services to international customers worldwide. By using the launch services of ISRO’s workhorse launch vehicle, PSLV, 31 satellites belonging to 17 countries have been launched on commercial terms during the last 10 years. An important achievement of the last decade is realising two high power communication satellites, viz. W2M and HYLAS for European customers – contracts bagged by Antrix against tough competition. Additionally, the data from Indian Remote sensing satellites are commercially disseminated to users globally. Antrix launched SPOT-7 satellite of France on board PSLV C23 during 2014. Definite agreements have been entered for launching NLS 7.1, NLS 7.2, AISAT, LAPAN-A2, LAPAN ORARI and EnMap satellites.

Antrix leases transponders of the INSAT system for commercial purpose. In the transponder provisioning services, Antrix is supporting the ever increasing requirement of Indian users for supporting the Direct-to-Home, TV Broadcasting, Very Small Aperture Terminal and Digital Satellite News Gathering Services.