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Project Garud - Indigenous 500 kg-class Communication Satellite Platform

Sector: Aerospace & Defense • Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Source: Business Standard

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Dhruva Space is building Project Garud, the country’s first indigenous 500 kg-class communication satellite platform. The project aims to create a modular satellite bus that can be manufactured at scale for communication constellations, reducing reliance on foreign technologies and supporting sovereign communication infrastructure. The company is also planning a 280,000-square foot spacecraft manu

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing (Industrial), Telecommunications, Commercial
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Business Standard

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The project “Project Garud - Indigenous 500 kg-class Communication Satellite Platform” is an infrastructure initiative in the Aerospace & Defense sector, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Business Standard.

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2026-07-22

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Dhruva Space is building Project Garud, the country’s first indigenous 500 kg-class communication satellite platform. The project aims to create a modular satellite bus that can be manufactured at scale for communication constellations, reducing reliance on foreign technologies and supporting sovereign communication infrastructure. The company is also planning a 280,000-square foot spacecraft manufacturing facility in Shamshabad (Hyderabad) to support industrial-scale production of satellite platforms and subsystems.

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India

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Telangana

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Hyderabad

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Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing (Industrial), Telecommunications, Commercial

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2026-07-11

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