ISRO, IN-SPACe ties up with AWS to give space startups a cloud boost

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the space regulator, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), have partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in an effort to provide startups and research institutes with access to cloud technologies, as announced by AWS on September 13.

This collaboration comes at a time when the Indian space ecosystem is experiencing significant momentum, following ISRO's historic achievement of being the first to safely land on the Moon's South Pole. Additionally, many space tech startups have secured funding during what is referred to as the "funding winter."

As part of this partnership, AWS will offer eligible space startups access to tools, resources, and technical support at no cost through the AWS Activate program. AWS also highlighted that startups will benefit from its expertise in developing aerospace and satellite solutions through the AWS Space Accelerator program.

Furthermore, ISRO, IN-SPACe, and AWS will work together on a new initiative to train students and educators in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), analytics, and security by leveraging AWS education programs.