Arcturus is an aerospace technology company developing the launch vehicles, spacecraft, satellites, and orbital infrastructure required for sustained human activity beyond Earth. Our engineering teams work as one organization across every discipline a space program requires.
Programs are designed to compound: each vehicle, satellite platform, and research result feeds directly into the next phase of the roadmap — from routine access to Earth orbit toward a permanent human presence on the Moon and Mars.
Engineering line drawings shown below — flight renders are released per program milestone.
Fully reusable heavy-lift vehicle for orbital stations, deep-space payloads, and crewed lunar missions.
Dedicated satellite deployment vehicle built for high-cadence constellation launches.
Deep-space cargo transport under active research for sustained Mars logistics.
Crewed lunar descent and surface vehicle rated for repeated missions to the lunar south pole.
Long-duration interplanetary transit habitat for six-month crewed transfer to Mars orbit.
Autonomous logistics vehicle delivering pressurized and unpressurized cargo to orbital stations.
Reusable orbital transfer vehicle moving payloads between orbital planes and altitudes.
Reusable launch operations and orbital infrastructure sustaining a permanent low-Earth-orbit presence.
Lunar cargo delivery and surface systems supporting long-duration robotic and crewed missions.
Transit vehicle design and habitat systems for a sustained human presence on Mars.
Autonomous exploration platforms extending operational range beyond the inner solar system.
The long-term goal underlying every Arcturus program: a self-sufficient, multi-planetary civilization.
Chemical and electric propulsion for launch and in-space maneuvering.
Modular buses for communications, Earth observation, and defense.
Landers, surface power, and habitats for sustained lunar operations.
Transit vehicles, ISRU, and habitat systems for the Martian surface.
Closed-loop growth systems producing food and oxygen off-world.
Robotics and autonomy for assembly, servicing, and operations.
Power generation and storage for orbital and surface platforms.
Onboard autonomy for navigation, docking, and mission planning.
Placeholder plates shown — swap in licensed mission photography before launch.
Arcturus is headquartered in India, with engineering and mission operations teams working across launch systems, spacecraft, and orbital infrastructure programs.
Our programs serve a global mission set — from national satellite constellations to deep-space research partnerships.
Propulsion, structures, and vehicle systems.
Flight software, simulation, and ground systems.
Autonomy, perception, and mission planning.
Structures, mechanisms, and thermal systems.
Materials, life support, and applied physics.
Flight control, launch, and mission planning.
The heavy-lift program advances into final integration ahead of first flight.
Read release →Expanded engine test capacity supports the Polaris vehicle family.
Read release →Findings from the closed-loop life support program inform habitat design.
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