XDLINX Space Labs, a Hyderabad, India-based space technology startup, raised $7M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Lucky Investments with participation from E2MC, Mana Ventures, and an undisclosed family office.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Founded in 2022, and led by CEO Rupesh Gandupalli, XDLINX Space Labs is an end-to-end small satellite mission-as-a-service provider for complete mission requirements- from design, supply chain, build, integration, and space qualify to mission operations. The company offers spacecraft platforms and payload technology for global commercial and defence ISR space missions, focusing on helping various nations build their Sovereign space capabilities, offering a full stack ISR capabilities both optical and signal intelligence. It also offers fully configured satellites with payloads for global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
The company’s first major milestone came with the successful launch of JANUS-1, a software-defined 6U Nanosat to demonstrate multi-tenancy payload capabilities, developed in 10 months and launched aboard ISRO’s SSLV-D2 rocket on February 10, 2023.
The company is currently preparing for the launch of its next major project, Elevation-1, which will feature the world’s first miniaturized space-grade E-band payload, developed and scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission. Elevation-1 is designed to demonstrate E-band communications with digital modulation, and the company owns a defined long-term roadmap of achieving data rates exceeding 10 Gbps.
Additionally, XDLINX Space Labs is developing the 150KG class satellite hosting Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and multi-spectral optical sensors together using the XDSAT-M600 platform for its customer scheduled to be launched in Q3-2025.
Further expanding its innovative portfolio, the company is in final discussions with their customers to build and launch a sub-meter multi-spectral imagery satellite constellation. It has also signed MOUs with space companies laying the groundwork for continued collaboration and development.
FinSMEs
07/10/2024