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Agnikul Cosmos logo Agnikul Cosmos Designs, manufactures, and launches small-lift orbital rockets powered by single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic engines for dedicated small-satellite missions vs ExPace Operates the Kuaizhou family of solid-fueled small-lift launch vehicles for commercial and government satellite delivery to low Earth orbit ExPace logo
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Agnikul Cosmos ExPace
Founded 2017 2016
Headquarters Chennai, India Wuhan, China
Type private government
Status operating operating
Employees 251
Total funding $84.9M $417M
Latest round Series C Series B
Sectors Launch Services, Space Propulsion Launch Services, Space Propulsion
Products listed 5 2
Federal contracts
Launches 33 (88%)
Leaders listed Srinath Ravichandran, Moin SPM, S.R. Chakravarthy Zhang Di, Zha Xiongquan
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FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do Agnikul Cosmos and ExPace compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services, Space Propulsion. Agnikul Cosmos was founded in 2017 and ExPace in 2016.

Which has more launches, Agnikul Cosmos or ExPace?

ExPace leads with 33 tracked launches (88% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.