India’s AnduraX Sets Course for Space-Based Manufacturing with Autonomous Spaceplane
Indian entrepreneur Sree Supranayi leads AnduraX, a startup aiming to make space the next manufacturing hub by building autonomous reusable spaceplanes that can deliver modules to and retrieve products from ISRO’s planned Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2030. After early funding hurdles, the team secured family support and government grants, and completed a successful high-altitude ADM-01 balloon drop in May 2026 to validate guidance, navigation, and control for a return-capable spaceplane. Demonstration missions are targeted for 2028, with cargo operations by 2030 and a larger 5.5-tonne variant later. AnduraX argues microgravity enables bigger, purer protein crystals and faster drug research, with potential applications in pharma, semiconductors, and fiber optics, positioning India’s first private company to field a spaceplane and a space-delivery system for future space manufacturing.