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Inside Pixxel’s Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility

The 30,000 sq ft facility in Bengaluru—would be crucial for manufacturing assembly, integration, and testing of their upcoming satellites.
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Indian Hyperspectral giant Pixxel yesterday finally inaugurated their much-awaited 30,000 sq ft Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility in Bengaluru—which would be crucial for manufacturing assembly, integration, and testing of their upcoming satellites. The journey to building a facility, capable of manufacturing, assembly and integration of 20-25 smaller satellites simultaneously has been a fascinating one.  Awais Ahmed, Co-founder and CEO at Pixxel, narrated how a clique of four from BITS Pilani working out of their dorm, later moved to Bangalore expanding to a 10-member team. Credits: Pixxel (YouTube) Ahmed hailed ISRO Chairman S Somnath for the national agency’s continuous support as a guiding light. He recalled how the company evolved from planning launches with the Ru
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Shyam Nandan Upadhyay
Shyam is a tech journalist with expertise in policy and politics, and exhibits a fervent interest in scrutinising the convergence of AI and analytics in society. In his leisure time, he indulges in anime binges and mountain hikes.
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