Agnikul Cosmos launches a new 3D printing facility in Chennai to accelerate rocket production, enabling faster and more cost-effective manufacturing of aerospace componentsChennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos has set up a new additive manufacturing (3D printing) facility to speed up the production of aerospace and rocket systems. For the first time in India, the facility can also 3D print aerospace and rocket components up to one metre in height. “Agnikul was started with the goal of making space accessible to everyone,” said Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder & CEO of Agnikul Cosmos. The mission also featured India’s first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engines, developed and patented by Agnikul. With the new facility, Agnikul can now print engines up to one metre in size, producing seven times more thrust than earlier designs.