Key Highlights
- Orbitt Space raises $1 million pre-seed funding led by pi Ventures to develop breakthrough propulsion and avionics systems for ULEO satellites.
- Founded by ex-ISRO professionals, Orbitt is pioneering air-breathing electric propulsion for sustainable Ultra Low Earth Orbit (ULEO) missions.
- Orbitt’s 200 kg-class satellite bus aims to cut mission costs while enabling high-agility, long-duration satellite operations in extreme low orbits.
Ahmedabad spacetech startup Orbitt Space has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by pi Ventures, with participation from IIMA Ventures.
Funding will be used to develop product design, grow Orbitt’s engineering team, and begin in-lab prototype testing of its proprietary propulsion and avionics systems.
Founded in early 2025 by ex-ISRO professionals Christopher Parmar and Anupam Kumar, Orbit Space is currently developing an air-breathing electric propulsion system and high-agility satellite bus for Ultra Low Earth Orbit (ULEO) missions.
ULEO defined as orbits below 250 km has the advantages of achieving sharper images, providing lower latency, minimizing radiation exposure, etc., but ULEO remains underutilized due to high atmospheric drag. Orbitt's solution takes residual atmospheric gases and uses them as propellant, enabling 5–7 years of sustainable satellite technology operating time without onboard fuel.
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The company is focused on the in-lab development and qualification of its propulsion systems at this time, with plans for in-orbit validation and commercial rollout in future phases. The company's 200 kg-class satellite bus will provide drastic decrease in overall operations costs through longevity, agility, and low cost mission execution in extreme low-orbit scenarios.
