OXG Space Raises ₹17 Crore Led by Aum Ventures for Orbital Connectivity Network

Spacetech startup OXG Space has raised ₹17 crore in a funding round led by Aum Ventures. The round also saw participation from Skyroot Aerospace co-founders Pawan Kumar Chandana and Bharath Daka, and Cosmoserve founder Chiran Phanindra.

Founded by former ISRO engineers Akash Shetty and Sanjay Gorur, OXG Space is building an orbital network that combines satellite connectivity with in-orbit computing to process Earth-observation data and deliver intelligence to the ground in near real time. The idea tackles a core latency problem: Earth-observation satellites typically store images until they pass over a ground station, so the gap between observation and insight can stretch from four to 12 hours, and up to 90 per cent of collected data can be unusable.

OXG's proposed network uses shared nodes in orbit to stay connected with customer satellites and fuse data from multiple satellites before it reaches the ground. The company is targeting Earth observation, defence and intelligence applications, where faster processed information supports surveillance and coordination across optical, radar and signals-intelligence systems.

The fresh capital will fund Mission Synapse, a 12-month programme to demonstrate the core technologies in orbit — including a Ka-band phased-array antenna targeting an initial link capacity of 1 Gbps, with a roadmap to 64 Gbps per spacecraft, alongside a deployable mesh reflector and solar array.