Satellite manufacturing company HEX20 launches India first private payload hosting satellite

Heralding a momentous achievement in the country’s space sector, Technopark-based small satellite manufacturing company HEX20 has successfully launched and established contact with ‘Nila’, India’s first private payload hosting satellite.

Developed in just four months, ‘Nila’ was launched via Berlin-based satellite deployer company, Exolaunch aboard SpaceX Transporter-13 on March 15 at 12:13 pm (IST), with successful separation from the launch vehicle occurring less than an hour later at 1:07 pm(IST), a Technopark statement said.