Indian Institute of Technology Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, a technology innovation hub from IIT-M, will collaborate with five city startups to develop and commercialise space technologies including those needed for rapid launch capabilities, satellite design and future generation communication like 6G. The consortium is calledIndian Space Technologiesand Applications Design Bureau (I-STAC.DB) and will focus on developing next generation technologies.

The consortium aims at developing an end-to-end atmanirbhar ecosystem for next-generation space technologies including rapid launch capability, satellite design and assembly, sensors, future generation Communication like 6G, security of satellites, ground stations, data processing, assimilation for communication and geo spatial application sectors.