Space Business Podcast #112 - Tushar Jadhav, Manastu Space: In-Space Propulsion
2023/09/29
India's space sector is really blasting off (pun intended!). Among other things, the country just became only the fourth one to soft land on the Moon. So it's only fitting that we'll have more Indian space companies and people as guests. Our first one is Tushar Jadhav, founder and CEO of Manastu Space, a propulsion startup from Mumbai that recently announced a $3MM financing round (for full disclosure, E2MC, the space VC fund where Raphael is a partner, is an investor in that round). Please enjoy hearing about Manastu and space in India!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro3:14 Elevator pitch3:55 Green satellite propultion9:20 Why was hydrazine originally chosen?11:15 The current system15:09 Hydrogen peroxide18:31 Chemical propulsion vs electrical propulsion 23:01 Manastu's product & business model25:45 In-orbit demonstration26:27 Main customer group27:26 Export control28:23 Scaling up & adding on services30:52 Vision for the company31:45 Origin story35:38 Indian Space Ecosystem44:16 What's next?46:15 Sci-fi
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