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ExPace logo ExPace Operates the Kuaizhou family of solid-fueled small-lift launch vehicles for commercial and government satellite delivery to low Earth orbit vs ISRO India's national space agency developing launch vehicles, satellites, and interplanetary missions for societal benefit ISRO logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
ExPace ISRO
Founded 2016 1969
Headquarters Wuhan, Hubei, China Bengaluru, India
Type government government
Status operating operating
Employees 17,000
Total funding $417M
Latest round Series B
Sectors Launch Services, Space Propulsion Launch Services, Crew Systems & Life Support, Earth Observation & Remote Sensing, Navigation & Positioning, Planetary Exploration, Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing
Products listed 2 11
Federal contracts
Launches 33 (88%)
Leaders listed Zhang Di, Zha Xiongquan V. Narayanan, S. Somanath, Vinod Joshi
News mentions 0 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do ExPace and ISRO compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. ExPace was founded in 2016 and ISRO in 1969.

Which has more launches, ExPace or ISRO?

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.