New Delhi, July 1 -- Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos has partnered with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company ICEYE to explore building, launching and operating radar earth observation satellite missions from India. The partnership is expected to help reduce India's reliance on foreign manufacturing and overseas launch providers for its strategic space programmes as the European company expands its plans to make India a manufacturing and deployment hub for its global satellite business.

The partnership aims to combine ICEYE's SAR satellite technology with Agnikul's launch capabilities to develop an end-to-end offering spanning satellite manufacturing, launch and operations. The companies said the partnership...