Warplane maker HAL wins bid to privatise India's small satellite launch rockets
BENGALURU, June 20 (Reuters) - Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HIAE.NS), opens new tab has won the bid to privately make India's small satellite launch rockets, the country's space regulator said on Friday, the government's biggest step yet to open its fast-growing space industry to private players.
Reuters reported in February that three consortiums - Alpha Design Technologies, a unit of Adani Defence Systems and Technologies, state-backed Bharat Dynamics (BARA.NS), opens new tab and HAL - were the finalists to acquire India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) technology.
Fighter jet maker HAL had applied independently, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement on Friday, without disclosing the deal value. Reuters reported earlier that HAL was expected to pay about 3 billion Indian rupees (about $35 million).
By winning the bid to make the rocket, capable of carrying 500kg payloads to low-Earth orbit, HAL will have the capability to independently build, own, and commercialize SSLV launches, said Pawan Goenka, the head of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre.
About 20 companies had initially expressed interest in bidding for the SSLV, the first privatisation of its kind under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy drive to open up India's space industry.
The global low Earth orbit launch vehicle market was valued at $13.9 billion in 2023 and is estimated to grow to about $44 billion by 2032, according to Global Market Insights.
India, which accounts for only 2% of the global space economy, is eyeing a fivefold expansion to $44 billion by the end of the decade.
($1 = 86.6450 Indian rupees)
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