OrbitAid’s AyulSAT:
India is set to demonstrate in-orbit satellite refuelling for the first time as Chennai-based OrbitAid’s AyulSAT is launched onboard ISRO’s PSLV-C62.AyulSAT is a 25-kg dedicated tanker-satellite and target spacecraft designed to demonstrate fuel transfer, power transfer and data transfer in orbit using a standardized docking and refuelling interface.Developed by OrbitAid Aerospace, a Chennai-based Indian space startup founded by Sakthikumar Ramachandran.Launched through: ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission.Aim is to demonstrate in-orbit propellant transfer and docking readiness, enabling satellite life-extension, servicing, and reduction of space debris, and to lay the foundation of an on-orbit space economy.
