SamKalpa Systems, COMSPOC, Forms JV VEDCOMSPOC to Strengthen India’s Space Defence

New Delhi - SamKalpa Systems, an India-based company, has formed a joint venture with COMSPOC, a US-based enterprise software platform for Space Situational Awareness. The new partnership, named VEDCOMSPOC, aims to provide accurate, timely, and scalable solutions for identifying potential threats in space, tracking and simulating space events, and performing assessments for proactive Space Traffic Management & Awareness.

VEDCOMSPOC is the only solution capable of accepting any type of observation and providing solutions in all orbital regimes, from VLEO to Cislunar and Interplanetary. Governments are becoming more aware of the importance of protecting their space assets and safeguarding them against potential threats in the current geopolitical climate. With rival nations rapidly developing and launching new space capabilities, satellite security has become an increasingly critical aspect of national defence strategies. As space becomes an increasingly important means of communication, collaboration, and research for nations, governments and organizations must ensure the safety of their space assets.

The operational environment in space today is congested, contested, and competitive. Over 7,000 satellites are currently operating in Earth orbit out of a total population of just over 24,000 cataloged objects; the remainder are ‘dead’ satellites and a significant amount of space debris. Debris is produced during satellite launch and on-orbit operations, as well as when satellites are decommissioned (and improperly disposed of), and when satellites fragment or break up in space. As part of their national defense strategy, some governments recognize the importance of protecting their space assets from potential threats, as well as mitigating or countering the capabilities of adversary assets.

Ravnish Luthra, CEO, SamKalpa expressed the company’s commitment to the ‘Make in India’ initiative by creating an India-specific layer on top of a military-grade space situational awareness (SSA) platform powered by a physics engine comprising 13 million lines of rocket science code. He stated that SamKalpa and COMSPOC formed a joint venture to establish VEDCOMSPOC, a local entity that will further develop the engine and provide SSA solutions not only in India, but also in other friendly countries. The goal of VEDCOMSPOC is to advance India’s progress and position it as a leader in space situational awareness. Luthra emphasized the importance of space systems as a critical component of modern defense systems, claiming that being prepared to defend space assets strengthens India. VEDCOMSPOC aims to improve India’s space domain awareness by delivering high accuracy, low latency, and high-capacity SSA across all orbital regimes.

According to Paul Graziani, CEO, COMSPOC, India is now in an exceptional position to take its space capabilities to an international level. He expressed his desire to work closely with the governments of the United States and India to exchange information in the areas of space domain awareness and space traffic management. As the number of objects in space continues to grow, Graziani emphasized the importance of international collaboration in space situational awareness. With so many satellites, debris, and other objects in orbit around the Earth, he emphasized the importance of countries working together to ensure the security of their space-based assets.

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