Hyderabad’s Dhruva Space, Finland’s ICEYE ink pact to collaborate on various fronts

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Members of the leaderships teams of Dhruva Space and ICEYE during the MoU ceremony. | Photo Credit: Arrangement

Hyderabad-based spacetech company Dhruva Space and Finnish firm ICEYE have signed an MoU to collaborate across satellite manufacturing, space systems production, earth observation services, disaster management solutions and ground segment infrastructure.

They will evaluate large-scale production of space components and subsystems from India, leveraging Dhruva’s growing manufacturing capabilities and the upcoming 2.80 lakh sq ft assembly, integration and testing facility near Hyderabad.

Announcing the signing of an MoU, in the backdrop of Bharat Innovates 2026 that is underway in Nice, France, Dhruva said the framework seeks to make most of its end-to-end capabilities in spacecraft engineering, scaled manufacturing, launch integration, ground station infrastructure and space applications with ICEYE’s industry-leading SAR constellation and Earth observation expertise.

Exploring opportunities for joint development and manufacture of satellite buses and other space systems, for domestic and international programmes, as well as collaborating to expand access to earth observation data and analytics in India, in disaster management, agriculture, maritime monitoring and climate monitoring form part of the MoU.

On the facility being set up near Hyderabad, Dhruva said once operational, the plant is expected to serve as a significant capacity multiplier, enabling scalable production of critical space hardware and supporting ICEYE’s growing global requirements through a resilient manufacturing base in India.

Opportunities to utilise Dhruva Space’s ground station network to enhance data accessibility, accelerate downlink capabilities, and develop ground station as a service (GSaaS) offerings for customers operating in and through India are also to be evaluated.

“Together, we are exploring opportunities spanning the entire value chain, from manufacturing and space systems to d