Nebula Space Organisation

Nebula Space Organisation, operated by Aurora Nebula Space Technology Private Limited, is an Indian space technology startup based in Keonjhar, Odisha. The company's mission is to build the world's most affordable CubeSat constellation, making real-time Earth imagery accessible to governments, researchers, businesses, and citizens anywhere and at any time. Its guiding motto, "Defy. Discover. Deploy," reflects an ambition to lower the cost barrier to space-based Earth observation.

The company's flagship initiative is SABHASAT, billed as India's first gamma-ray burst detection observatory built on CubeSat technology. Measuring just 30 x 10 x 10 cm and weighing 5 kg, with a 1.5 kg payload, SABHASAT is designed to detect low- and medium-energy gamma-ray bursts across a 2 keV to 2 MeV energy range from a roughly 505 km orbit at 97.41° inclination. The team frames it as a dramatically smaller and lower-cost alternative to major international observatories such as NASA's Fermi and Swift missions, targeting a launch in 2026 after a five-year development timeline.

Beyond SABHASAT, Nebula Space Organisation is working toward a broader constellation strategy intended to deliver on-demand, low-cost Earth imagery for use cases spanning agriculture, disaster management, and environmental monitoring. The company claims its approach can help research institutions save up to 98% of costs compared to conventional satellite systems, and it emphasizes space sustainability through low-debris satellite design as part of its long-term vision to become a global real-time Earth data layer.