Azista BST Aerospace

Overview

OPERATIONAL — IN-SPACe authorised

Technology

Capacity: Up to 100 satellites/year, 50–200 kg class

Products — ABA First Runner (AFR) — 80 kg optical remote sensing satellite with panchromatic and multispectral payload

Key achievements

AFR launched on SpaceX Falcon 9, June 2023

First Indian private ISS imaging mission

IN-SPACe selection for indigenous smallsat bus platforms, Feb 2026

Funding

Structure: JV between Azista Industries (India) and Berlin Space Technologies GmbH (Germany)

Import provenance

Imported from IFSC Archive dataset v5.0, research snapshot 2026-08-16.