Dhruva Space says its LEAP-2 satellite reached orbit at 1 a.m. Indian Standard Time on October 2, after a Falcon 9 launch at 12:02 a.m. The company’s updated mission page confirms the deployment, also reported by The Times of India on October 2.
LEAP-2 uses Dhruva’s P-30 satellite platform to host two technology demonstrations: a star tracker from France’s Sodern and the TAPAS-1 payload from India’s SatLeo Labs. Dhruva says it handled integration with the launch vehicle and will support the mission through its ground infrastructure.
The Times of India reports that the same Transporter-18 flight also carried TakeMe2Space’s MOI-1A with EON Space Labs’ MIRA telescope. The missions are intended to test thermal imaging, Earth observation and processing of data in orbit. TakeMe2Space’s own technical page describes onboard computing and a multispectral imager as design capabilities.
For these Indian space businesses, deployment is an important completed milestone. It is distinct from commissioning instruments, validating image quality or delivering reliable customer services; those results cannot be inferred simply from a successful launch.