Someone from here had to try.
“I started Abyom because someone from here had to try.” — Jainul Abedin, Founder & CEO, Abyom Spacetech & Defence.
- Chapter I
A boy from Kushinagar
Jainul Abedin grows up in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The distance between Kushinagar and a launchpad is measured in more than kilometres — and he decides, early, to close it.
- Chapter II
The leap
Days before his final-semester exam of a master's in space science, he walks away from the paper and boards a train to Hyderabad. The certificate can follow later.
- Chapter III
ISRO veterans on board
Abyom's advisory committee takes shape around veterans of the Indian space programme — former directors and scientists from VSSC and LPSC, ISRO.
- Chapter IV
First capital
Abyom closes its debut angel round. Belief becomes budget. A company that lived on paper begins to live in metal.
- Chapter V
Institutional home
Abyom sets up at the Technology Business Incubator, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, and builds its own Rocket Engine Testing Facility.
- Chapter VI
Ethanol hot fires
The team runs battleship engine tests on ethanol-fuelled propulsion at its own stand. Every burn is a lesson. Every lesson earns its place in flight.
- Chapter VII
A reusable rocket
Abyom begins building what India is yet to build for itself — a fully reusable launch vehicle. Fly. Land. Fly again.
- Chapter VIII
The vision
Reliable, affordable, sovereign access to space. For every company, a country, and the generation that follows.
Steps to a launchpad.
Kushinagar
A student who chose space over a diploma.
Hyderabad
Where the mission gets its address.
Mentorship
Guided by veterans of the Indian space programme.
TBI, BITS Pilani
An institutional home in Hyderabad.
Angel round
Belief becomes budget.
Built in-house
A containerised engine test facility of our own.
Hot fires
Battleship burns. Every one, a lesson.
In build
India's first fully reusable rocket.
Sovereign access
Reliable. Affordable. Ours.