APOGEE

Analysis of the companies, contracts, and policy shaping India's commercial space sector. First and third Sunday, monthly.

Sep 20, 2026

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7 min read

Private Vehicle, Public Rails

Vikram-1 reaching orbit was a genuine milestone and a hard piece of engineering. The sharper question is what a private Indian launcher still rents from the state, and what that tells you about where the real capital moat in launch actually sits.

Chandrim Chatterjee

Government revenue is runway, not a business

Sep 6, 2026

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7 min read

Government revenue is runway, not a business

A government contract keeps you alive. What most founders mistake it for is a business.

Chandrim Chatterjee

NavIC Went Down. The Government Said It Didn't Matter.

Sep 1, 2026

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8 min read

NavIC Went Down. The Government Said It Didn't Matter.

The outage is temporary. The pricing problem it exposed is not.

Chandrim Chatterjee

Aug 16, 2026

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6 min read

The Capability-Business Gap

Why technical achievement in commercial space keeps not translating into commercial viability, and what the few companies that closed the gap did differently

Chandrim Chatterjee