LaunchTo Space

Launch To Space is ToSpace's High-Altitude Balloon platform. We fly payloads to the stratosphere, roughly 30–35 km, for research, technology demonstration, education, commercial missions and product marketing, and return them with data, imagery and video.

A standard mission reaches 30–35 km, well above 99% of the atmosphere. At that altitude the sky is black, the curvature of the Earth is clearly visible, and conditions approach those of space: near-vacuum pressure and temperatures around −60 °C. Actual altitude on the day varies with air currents and environmental conditions.

Whatever you want taken higher. Scientific instruments, cameras, sensors, electronics, technology demonstrators, student experiments, commercial products and branded payloads all fly on the standard carrier, with a baseline capacity of 2–5 kg. Sending a product is one of the most common missions we fly: we review the item for mass, size, materials and safety, design the mounting, and fly it with cameras framed on it. Larger or unusual payloads are assessed case by case.

That is what the platform is built for. You receive photography, video, product imagery and mission documentation, all cleared for commercial use in campaigns, PR, launches and social media.

Send us a short brief with what you want to fly, what you want back, and roughly when. Once we have your proposed launch location, we assess regulatory compliance and flight feasibility and respond within two working days with a mission plan, a payload checklist and a quote. From there, planning and payload integration typically take four to six weeks. The flight itself runs 2–4 hours from release to recovery, and edited content is delivered about ten days after landing.

When the balloon bursts at peak altitude, a parachute deploys automatically and the carrier descends under canopy. Redundant onboard GPS transmits its position throughout and we monitor telemetry in real time, so a recovery team can collect it from the landing site the same day. In the rare event that a payload cannot be recovered, we fly a replacement mission at no additional launch cost, subject to the re-flight terms in our mission agreement.

Yes. We file for and obtain the required clearances from DGCA and the relevant local authorities for every launch, covering both the flight and your payload. You do not deal with the paperwork. Where a proposed site cannot be cleared, we identify a workable alternative with you before the mission is scheduled.

Every launch follows a strict Go / No-Go protocol on the day. We abort if weather conditions, adverse winds, rain or anything extreme, put a safe landing or the recovery team at risk. An aborted launch is rescheduled, not lost. If a proposed site does not clear regulatory or feasibility checks, we work with you to identify an alternative.

Potentially, yes. It depends on finding suitable launch and recovery sites and securing approval from local authorities; if both are viable we fly in your country. Otherwise we launch from India and courier your payload back to you, along with all video and data captured during the mission.

Both, and they are core to the platform. Schools, colleges and university teams design and build an experiment, take part in launch operations, and analyse their own flight data afterwards. For companies, carrier branding, camera angles, sensor suites, flight timing, launch site and the content package can all be tailored, and fully bespoke mission profiles are available for commercial programmes.