Dhruva Space P-DoT and P-30 Satellite Platforms

Dhruva Space is a full-stack space engineering company founded in 2012 and based in Hyderabad, India, with an office in Graz, Austria. It serves civilian and defence clients across the space, launch and ground segments, so that organisations can obtain a working satellite mission without building every part themselves.

Its offer covers satellite platforms, orbital deployers, ground stations and launch services, sold as a package or separately. The P-DoT CubeSat platform scales from 0.5U to 12U, and the P-30 nanosatellite bus hosts payloads up to 15 kg, 12U and 50 W with 3-axis stabilisation. DSOD deployers come in 1U, 3U and 6U, and ground stations range from VHF/UHF to S/X/Ka-band dishes. Customers include Indian state governments, universities, Nepal and payload companies such as Akula Tech and Esper Satellites.

• P-DoT platform: CubeSat bus from 0.5U to 12U for satellites of 1 to 24 kg.
• P-30 bus: nanosatellite bus for payloads up to 15 kg, 12U and 50 W.
• DSOD deployers: 1U, 3U and 6U separation systems qualified on ISRO launches.
• Ground stations: VHF/UHF, S/X dual-band and S/X/Ka tri-band antennas up to 11 m.
• Hosted payload missions: LEAP series carrying third-party in-orbit demonstrations.
• Launch services: rideshare integration on PSLV and Falcon 9 missions.

• Vietnamese universities building an educational CubeSat on a P-DoT bus with launch and ground station included.
• Earth observation start-ups flying a hyperspectral or AI payload as a hosted payload on a LEAP mission.
• Research institutes installing an S/X-band ground station to download data from their own satellites.

• One supplier for satellite bus, deployer, ground station and launch, reducing integration risk.
• Flight-proven hardware: P-DoT, P-30 and DSOD deployers are listed at TRL 9.
• Hosted payload missions let customers fly a sensor without owning a whole satellite.
• Ground stations from VHF/UHF up to S/X/Ka-band can be bought with a satellite or as a standalone product.

Rideshare launches and standard CubeSat buses have made small satellite missions affordable for universities, provincial governments and smaller nations. In Southeast Asia, universities and agencies are building first satellites for education, disaster communication and Earth observation, and often look for turnkey partners covering bus, launch and ground segment.

Founded in 2012 in Hyderabad, with Dhruva Space GmbH in Graz, Austria. Raised INR 123 crore (about USD 15 million) in a Series A in 2024 from investors including Blue Ashva Capital, IvyCap Ventures and BIG Global Investment JSC (BITEXCO Group, Vietnam). Partners listed include ISRO, ESA, CNES and Lockheed Martin.