Partnership · Mobility & Logistics
Dhruva Space partners with Esri India
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- Date
- Company
- Dhruva Space
- What it does
- Satellite data and space services
- Kind
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2012
- Sector
- Mobility & Logistics
What they do
Dhruva Space provides satellite imagery and space-based data services
What happened
It will integrate Esri India's ArcGIS platform into its AstraView commercial satellite imagery service
Why it matters
The partnership aims to make space data easier to use for urban planning and disaster management
The details
- Esri India and Dhruva Space signed a strategic partnership on 10 Sep 2025.
- Dhruva Space will integrate Esri India's ArcGIS platform into its AstraView commercial satellite imagery service.
- AstraView aggregates data from over 200 satellites covering optical, SAR, RF, and hyperspectral sensors.
- The goal is to deliver an integrated software solution for seamless access, analysis, and actionable insights.
- The partnership aims to accelerate adoption of space-based data in urban planning, disaster management, agriculture, and infrastructure development.
- The intent is to move satellite data from background to core of everyday decision-making.
The bigger picture
- The partnership combines Dhruva Space's satellite data with Esri India's geographic information system (GIS) tools.
- It makes complex satellite imagery easier to analyse and use for non-specialists.
- This could help Indian government agencies and companies use space data more routinely.
About the business
- Dhruva Space operates AstraView, a commercial satellite imagery service.
- AstraView aggregates data from over 200 satellites covering optical, SAR, RF, and hyperspectral sensors.
- Esri India provides the ArcGIS platform for geographic analysis and mapping.
What happens next
- Deliver an integrated software solution combining AstraView and ArcGIS.
- Accelerate adoption of space-based data in urban planning, disaster management, agriculture, and infrastructure development.
- Move satellite data from background to core of everyday decision-making.
The deal
- Type
- partnership
Founders
- Penamakuru, Founder
About Dhruva Space
- Product
- Full-stack space engineering across spacecraft engineering, launch integration, ground station infrastructure, and space applications.
- Customers
- Satellite and space-sector customers, including commercial and institutional buyers.
- How it makes money
- Earns revenue from space hardware, systems integration, and related services.
- What sets it apart
- Offers end-to-end space capabilities across the full value chain.
- Operations
- Designs, integrates, and supplies satellite systems and related infrastructure from Hyderabad.
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