Dhruva Space has announced Polar Access-1 (PA-1), its most integrated and infrastructure-led launch programme to date, through which the company is enabling 10 Space missions serving 6 Indian States and 2 Nations, aboard ISRO’s PSLV-DL-C62, launched at 10:17 am IST on Monday, 12 January 2026, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Polar Access by Dhruva Space is designed to provide structured, repeatable access to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Polar Access-1, the first edition of this programme, delivers a coordinated and Space-qualified stack of 4 satellites, 5 separation systems, and multiple operational Ground Stations, all executed through Dhruva Space’s full-stack Space infrastructure — including in-house satellite platforms, launch vehicle integration, separation systems, and Ground-Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS), for which Dhruva Space received authorisation from IN-SPACe, Government of India, in 2024.
Collectively, these missions support disaster communication, environmental monitoring, education, and commercial Earth Observation, with downstream impact across public institutions and emerging Space Tech users.
Through the PA-1 mission, Dhruva Space is institutionalising space capability across India and neighbouring nations by enabling first-of-its-kind satellite missions for States, universities, and public institutions. Internationally, the mission supports Nepal’s Earth Observation and technology demonstration satellite developed by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and Antariksh Pratishthan Nepal (APN), focusing on vegetation density mapping and launched via NSIL-ISRO. Within India, PA-1 includes Odisha’s first satellite CGUSAT-1, developed with CV Raman Global University for store-and-forward disaster communications; Karnataka’s DSAT-1 with Dayananda Sagar University for amateur-band communications and telemetry; and LACHIT-1, developed with Assam Don Bosco University, marking the first satellite mission from the Northeast region. Additional technology demonstration missions include Tamil Nadu-based NGE OrbitAID’s on-orbit refuelling interface, supported via Dhruva Space’s Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS); Gujarat’s 1U CubeSat featuring an LED ‘artificial star’ payload developed by CubeSat Aerospace; and THYBOLT-3, Dhruva Space’s in-house satellite demonstrating a satellite-enabled disaster communication network. Dhruva Space also supported launch integration, deployment, and full mission operations for the first commercial satellite of a Hyderabad-based New-Generation Enterprise customer.
These university and customer missions are delivered under Dhruva Space’s ASTRA (Accelerated Space Technology Readiness & Access) for Academia programme, which focuses on building long-term, sovereign, State-level space capabilities. Using its space-qualified P-DoT satellite platforms, DSOD-1U and DSOD-6U separation systems, and campus-based ground stations, Dhruva Space is enabling end-to-end mission ownership for institutions. CGUSAT-1, DSAT-1, LACHIT-1, and THYBOLT-3 will be accessible to the global amateur radio community, supporting satellite communications experimentation and emergency response. In collaboration with the National Institute of Amateur Radio and partner universities, Dhruva Space is conducting structured training programmes and workshops, equipping students and faculty with hands-on experience in satellite engineering, mission operations, and disaster-resilient communications using infrastructure deployed directly on their campuses.
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