{"city":"Chennai","name":"Agnikul Cosmos","slug":"agnikul-cosmos","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"setback","value":"Official mission schedule listed the first 100 kg orbital mission for Q1 2027 and the 300 kg mission for Q2 2027; no orbital launch had yet occurred and earlier targets slipped","source":"agnikul.in"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"setback","value":"Official mission schedule moved the first 100 kg orbital mission to Q1 2027 and the 300 kg mission to Q2 2027; no orbital launch had been achieved","source":"agnikul.in"},{"date":"2026-07-01","type":"partnership","value":"Framework with Finnish SAR company ICEYE to explore building, launching and operating radar-imaging satellite missions from India; not a confirmed launch order","source":"livemint.com"},{"date":"2026-03-01","type":"deployment","value":"Planned rocket-manufacturing and infrastructure expansion near Kulasekarapattinam on approximately 300 acres","source":"business-standard.com"},{"date":"2026-03-01","type":"deployment","value":"Planned rocket-manufacturing and infrastructure site near Kulasekarapattinam on approximately 300 acres","source":"techobserver.in"},{"date":"2026-03-01","type":"partnership","value":"Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO)","source":"dtnext.in"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"Tamil Nadu","aliases":[],"country":"India","domains":[{"why":"Agnikul Cosmos develops the Agnibaan small launch vehicle and offers orbital launch services for small payloads.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":50,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":6,"firepower":4,"commercial":2,"deployment":4,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[],"website":"https://agnikul.in","category":"Space · Launch","categories":[{"name":"Small launch","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Launch"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":25,"positioning":"Agnikul Cosmos is a Chennai-based, IIT Madras-incubated private space company developing the configurable Agnibaan small launch vehicle and vertically integrated, single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic engines. It demonstrated a suborbital vehicle in May 2024, raised ₹150 crore in November 2025, received a ₹25 crore TIDCO equity investment in March 2026, completed a four-engine cluster firing in May 2026, and announced partnerships with NeevCloud and ICEYE; however, its first orbital launch remains scheduled for Q1 2027 after earlier targets slipped. Its ecosystem reach includes IIT Madras, ISRO and IN-SPACe support, TIDCO, ICEYE, NeevCloud, and investors including HDFC Bank, Advenza Global, Atharva Green Ecotech, Artha Select Fund, Prathithi Ventures and 100X.VC; no named commercial launch customer or key hardware supplier was verified.","sub_category":"Small launch","signals_total":0,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agnikul-cosmos","title":"Agnikul Cosmos · space, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Agnikul Cosmos develops the Agnibaan small launch vehicle and offers orbital launch services for small payloads. Space watchlist (score 50)","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}