OSC Advances Commercial Space Partnerships at the U.S.-India Space Business Forum and Trade Mission

The U.S. Consulate General Chennai, with support from the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), hosted the U.S.-India Space Business Forum in Bengaluru February 10-11.  The forum was the flagship event of the first U.S. Trade Mission to India focused on commercial space, which brought 23 Executives from 14 leading American space companies to India. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce – including the Office of Space Commerce’s Deputy Director Janice Starzyk and International Affairs Specialist Rose Croshier – and the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) organized the mission, which marked a major step forward in bilateral commercial space cooperation. Together, these engagements convened more than 200 government and industry participants from both countries.

Leading U.S. space companies – Amazon, Axiom Space, Apex, Black Sky, Elve, Kayhan Space, Park Aerospace, Planet Lab, Resecurity, SpaceX, Vast Space, Umbra Space, Viasat, and Vantor – are participating in the trade mission.

Following the Space Business Forum, the delegation will travel to New Delhi, where companies will engage with Indian government and industry stakeholders to explore partnerships, joint ventures, and market-entry opportunities.

As only the second space-focused trade mission ever organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the first of its kind to India, the initiative reinforced U.S. leadership in commercial space innovation and underscored the growing momentum of the U.S.-India partnership in the global space economy.

Read more on the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India news release.

Photo credit: U.S. Mission India – Nivedita Mehra, Managing Director, U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF); Janice Starzyk, Deputy Director, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; Dr. V. Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India; Swarnashree Rao Rajashekar, Joint Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India; and Carey Arun, Acting Consul General and Principal Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate General Chennai, at the inauguration of the U.S.-India Space Business Forum in Bengaluru on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.