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Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre

IN-SPACe is a single-window autonomous nodal agency under the Department of Space that promotes, enables, authorizes and supervises the space activities of non-governmental entities (private companies and startups). Announced in June 2020 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, it acts as both promoter and regulator of India's private space economy and as the interface between ISRO and the private sector. Its headquarters was inaugurated in 2022, and it is led by Chairman Dr. Pawan Kumar Goenka.

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Authorization & Single-Window Clearance

operational
regulatory service

Authorizes and licenses private space activities including launch vehicles, satellites and space-based services for non-governmental entities.

Since 2021

Spacetech Innovation Network / Seed Fund & Facility Sharing

operational
promotion program

Enables private players to share ISRO/DoS infrastructure and provides support to space startups to boost the domestic space economy.

Since 2022

Key Challenges

Building regulatory capacity and clear authorization processes for a rapidly growing private space sectorCoordinating access to ISRO/DoS infrastructure for many competing non-governmental entities
Roadmap
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Grow India's share of the global space economy toward stated multi-fold targets via private participation
in progress
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