Indian Space Policy 2023 and IN-SPACe
The Indian Space Policy, notified in April 2023, formally opened up the entire space value chain — from satellite building to launch vehicles to ground stations — to Non-Government Entities (NGEs), ending the earlier arrangement in which ISRO alone could build and fly orbital rockets. It designates IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) as the single-window, autonomous nodal agency responsible for authorising, promoting, and supervising space activities carried out by private players.
- IN-SPACe was established in 2020 as an autonomous body under the Department of Space, ahead of the 2023 policy that formalised its role
- The Indian Space Policy 2023 codifies a four-tier structure: Department of Space (policy), ISRO (R&D and frontier missions), IN-SPACe (authorisation and promotion of private activity), and NSIL (commercial arm)
- IN-SPACe's functions include issuing authorisations, providing access to ISRO facilities/infrastructure to NGEs, and creating a "level playing field" regulatory framework
- IN-SPACe had earlier authorised Skyroot's suborbital Vikram-S flight (2022) and Agnikul Cosmos's Agnibaan SOrTeD demonstrator, launched from a private launchpad at Sriharikota in May 2024
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