India, Aug. 6 -- Dhruva Space, an Indian space technology company, is preparing to launch its first commercial satellite mission, named LEAP-1, in the third quarter of 2025. The mission will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and marks a significant step for the company as it moves from technology demonstrations to customer-driven projects.

The LEAP-1 mission will carry two payloads from Australian companies, Akula Tech and Esper Satellites. These payloads will be hosted on Dhruva's P-30 satellite platform, which the company developed in-house. Dhruva Space successfully tested and qualified this platform in January 2024 during the LEAP-TD mission, which launched on an ISRO PSLV-C58 rocket.

Akula Tech's payload is the Nexus-01, an artificial i...