This photograph taken on April 16, 2026 shows Awais Ahmed (R), founder and CEO of Pixxel Space Technologies, overseeing the mission control centre at his office in Bengaluru. Pixxel Space is building hyperspectral imaging satellites that provide Earth observation data to commercial customers and government agencies in India, Europe and the United States. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)