ANDHRA PRADESH SPACE TECH SUMMIT 2026

Foster Collaboration & Innovation

• Global Cooperation:Build partnerships among nations to ensure shared access to space resources and scientific advancement.
• Public–Private Partnerships: Connect government, industry, and academia to accelerate innovation.

Enable Cross-Sector Growth

• Industry Integration: Apply space technologies to manufacturing, agriculture, climate monitoring, and smart industries.
• Commercialization: Promote space-based startups and future-ready space economies.
• Investment & Finance: Facilitate funding pathways for space startups.

Strengthen Space Technology & Infrastructure

• Launch Vehicles & Constellations: Showcase reusable rockets and satellite networks that empower communication and citizen-centric services.
• Digital Infrastructure: Support Space-as-a-Service models and national geospatial platforms.

Advance Sustainability & Earth Benefits

• Environmental Insights: Use satellite data for climate resilience, forest and ocean monitoring, and disaster management.
• Space Sustainability: Encourage responsible orbital practices—debris mitigation, secure orbits, and global regulatory frameworks.

Future Space Exploration and Governance

• Responsible Governance: Develop guidelines for safe space operations, lunar resource use, and international coordination.
• Space Security: Address national security considerations and emerging defense capabilities.
• Future of Humanity in Space: Discuss interplanetary missions, space habitats, and long-term human presence in space.

Core Space Engineering & Technologies - Engineering the Future

This track focuses on the cutting-edge technologies that power modern space missions, from launch systems to advanced satellite engineering.

• Launch vehicles, propulsion systems & avionics.
  • Ground stations and associated software, Data centres for space data
  • mission operations & infrastructure readiness.
• Mini, Micro & Nano satellite design, including constellations.
• Advanced materials, structures & manufacturing technologies.
• Navigation, communication & Earth-observation payload innovations.

Data, Applications & Emerging Space Uses – Space for Society

This track highlights how space data and emerging technologies are transforming everyday life and enabling new economic opportunities.

• Remote sensing, GIS & Earth-observation applications.
• AI/ML for advanced space data analytics.
• Societal applications: disaster management, agriculture & climate insights.
• Space-based manufacturing & additive manufacturing in microgravity.

Space Sustaining & Future Concepts – Sustainability Space

This track focuses on ensuring the long-term safety, usability, and growth of the global space environment.

• Space debris mitigation & traffic management.
• Space Situational Awareness (SSA) systems.
• Space tourism & emerging space economy models.
• Strategies for long-term space sustainability.

Space Science & Exploration – Expanding Horizons

This track delves into humanity’s quest to explore the universe, advance scientific discovery, and prepare for future interplanetary missions.

• Astronomy, astrobiology & planetary sciences.
• Human spaceflight: life support, space medicine & astronaut training.
• Lunar & Mars exploration, ISRU & early colonization pathways.
• Deep-space missions & planetary defense strategies.

Ecosystem, Policy & Strategic Dimensions – Shaping the Ecosystem

This track explores the policies, frameworks, and strategic drivers that are shaping the global space landscape.

• Space entrepreneurship & the growing startup ecosystem.
• Space policy, law & governance at national and global levels.
• Defence, security & quantum-safe communication.
• Ground systems, mission operations & infrastructure readiness.
• Enabling to build Space stations

Education, Skills & Workforce Development – Building the Next Generation

This track focuses on preparing a skilled, diverse, and future-ready workforce for the rapidly growing space sector.

• Space curriculum development for schools & universities.
• Strong academia–industry–government collaboration.
• Upskilling & reskilling professionals for emerging space careers.
• Promoting women in STEM & fostering inclusive opportunities.

International Collaboration & Diplomacy – Space Without Borders

This track highlights the global partnerships and diplomatic efforts that drive collective progress in space.

• Bilateral & multilateral cooperation (Artemis Accords, BRICS, G20, etc.).
• Space diplomacy & strategic international partnerships.
• Knowledge exchange, joint missions & collaborative research.
• Global frameworks for space governance.

Space Infrastructure & Logistics – Foundations for Growth

This track focuses on the essential infrastructure and support systems needed to build and sustain a thriving space ecosystem.

• Spaceports, launch pads & advanced test facilities.
• Telemetry & tracking networks.
• Fuel depots, in-orbit logistics & mission support.
• Supply chain, insurance & space-sector financing.

Life Sciences and Space Biology

• Astrobiology
• Bioastronautics
• Space Medicine
• Space Bioprocess Engineering

Mission critical computer system

• Navigation, guidance and control.
• Safety critical real time system.
• Human space system software’
• AI-ML based space automation