Cosmoserve Space chief executive Chiranjeevi Phanindra, a former Indian Space Research Organisation scientist, told ET that the company is building technologies for active debris removal. It is developing dual-spacecraft systems that can approach defunct satellites, capture them and pull them down to lower orbits so they re-enter the atmosphere.

Cosmoserve Space prepares for its first flight, demonstrating innovative debris removal technology aboard Skyroot's Vikram-1 rocket.

Cosmoserve Space will test its soft robotic debris-capture technology aboard Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 mission, marking a step towards active space debris removal.

Cosmoserve Space chief executive Chiranjeevi Phanindra, a former Indian Space Research Organisation scientist, told ET that the company is building technologies for active debris…