T-Hub Launches Third Cohort of ORBIT Spacetech Accelerator

Key facts

• Hyderabad-based startup incubator T-Hub launched the third cohort of ORBIT, a spacetech accelerator programme under the AIC T-Hub Foundation.
• The third cohort inducts 13 startups: Sanyark Space Technologies, Trishul Space, Kessler Dynamics, Velotrax, Zoove Space, Space OS, Humanity Space, Landlens, STAR Labs, Red Balloon Aerospace, Astro Voltaics, Orbit Grid, and Nibiaa Devices.
• The selected startups focus on technologies including propulsion systems, orbital servicing, satellite intelligence, sovereign compute, and space energy technologies.
• ORBIT has supported 36 startups across three cohorts, with previous cohorts securing approximately ₹30 crore in funding and contributing to 18 published intellectual properties.
• Notable alumni achievements include Cosmoserve raising $3.17 million, Spantrik completing a VTVL demonstrator test flight, ResearchSat securing an International Space Station payload mission for November 2026, and Nalwa Aero becoming the first Indian company to receive Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Design Organisation Approval for a five-seater eVTOL aircraft.