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Space tech startup Pixxel inaugurates 30,000 sq ft satellite manufacturing facility in Bengaluru

At full capacity, the startup claims that the facility will be equipped to manufacture more than 20 satellites simultaneously that can be turned around within a timeframe of six months

January 15, 2024 / 22:25 IST
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ISRO chairman S Somanath with Pixxel CEO Awais Ahmed at the inauguration of the startup's new satellite manufacturing facility in Bengaluru on January 15

Bengaluru-based space tech startup Pixxel on January 15 inaugurated in Bengaluru its 30,000 sq ft spacecraft manufacturing facility “MegaPixxel” that will have the capability to manufacture 40 large satellites in a year.

The new facility will have the capability to undertake satellite manufacturing services, spacecraft assembly, integration and testing (AIT) under one roof.

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At full capacity, the facility will be equipped to handle more than twenty satellites simultaneously that can be turned around within a timeframe of six months, making a total capacity of forty large satellites per year possible.

Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S Somanath inaugurated the facility.