New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- OrbitAID Aerospace, an Indian startup focused on On-Orbit Servicing and Refueling (OOSR), inaugurated a 6,500 sq ft R&D facility in Bengaluru on 17 September. The site, funded with an investment of over $2 million, was opened by ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan and is intended to support satellite life-extension and rendezvous, proximity-operations, and docking (RPOD) work.

The new R&D centre is described as India's largest commercial RPOD infrastructure and "one of the world's biggest" dedicated to servicing and refuelling operations. The facility comprises a high-end control room for RPOD operations, a Class 10,000 cleanroom, and dedicated fuel-transfer facilities for satellite assembly and integration. OrbitAID sa...