Bengaluru-based aerospace start-up Axiom Research Labs, popularly known as Team Indus, is looking to build satellites for global companies that want to have their satellite systems in space for various purposes, such as navigation, surveillance and internet.

In a first for an Indian company, Team Indus has designed a satellite bus — its own platform that would help build satellites of less than 150 kg and customise transponders or sensors based on the clients’ requirements. “There is a global demand (for satellites). Increasingly, the sub-150 kg class ...