Akash Yalagach

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led technology stack development for EO data accessibility.
Managed integration for Chandrayaan-2 mission.
Expert in building high-resolution EO payloads.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SpaceTech expert with a focus on Earth Observation and payload development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Earth ObservationProject ManagementTeam ManagementProduct ManagementMechanical EngineeringSystems EngineeringAerospace Engineering

Other Skills

Electro-optical payloadsGround-to-cloud systemsData downlink methodsProduct requirements developmentStakeholder managementMechanical IntegrationPayload fairingsCross-functional teamworkMechanical Systems IntegrationAvionics interfacesLaunchpad operationsController designReusable Launch VehicleAerodynamicsFluid Mechanics

About

SpaceTech has been my playground - from launchpads at ISRO to building earth observation payloads today. I'm a deep generalist by instinct: started in Aerospace Engineering at IIST, worked on launch vehicles (PSLV, GSLV, LVM3) at ISRO, did my master's in Space Engineering at Uni. of Surrey, explored deployable structures for SmallSat optical payloads during my PhD at Uni. of Auckland (dropped out), and now - I’m building EO payloads At KaleidEO (a SatSure company), I lead the tech stack to make high-resolution Earth Observation data radically more accessible. We're building electro-optical payloads and efficient ground-to-cloud systems to break the affordability barrier for commercial and government applications - especially in fast-growing economies. Hands-on with tech, but equally obsessed with the bigger picture: turning cutting-edge EO hardware into real-world impact. Hiring, roadmap, product-tech fit, scaling systems — I enjoy all the messy parts of turning space ideas into things that fly and work. Always happy to talk about space tech, EO payloads, or just building tough hardware in tough environments.

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Kaleideo

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

KaleidEO is a SatSure company.
Established with a vision to build the upstream link to the already existing downstream foundation of SatSure. This in turn, will boost other EO application companies that are constrained by accessibility and affordability to a quality hi-res optical satellite data. Having built our own applications, we understand your frustrations and are here to solve them.

Earth ObservationElectro-optical payloadsGround-to-cloud systemsProject Management

Satsure

2 roles

AVP - Space

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building a team and managing technology to develop next generation EO payload and efficient methods to downlink data which will help in reducing the cost of hi-res EO data.

Earth ObservationData downlink methodsTeam managementTeam Management

Product Development Manager

Sep 2020 – Feb 2021 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Got first hand experience of developing product requirements and working with external stakeholders in realising few products.

Product requirements developmentStakeholder managementProduct Management

Vssc - indian space research organization

3 roles

System Engineer - SD

Promoted

Jul 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Deputy Team Lead, Mechanical Integration of Payload Fairings
I led a team of technicians to perform integration operations of metallic payload fairings of PSLV/GSLV & large CFRP Payload fairings of GSLV Mk III and GSLV. Also a team member involved in studying integration interfaces on sub-assemblies of the upcoming Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). Furthermore, I perform launch related activities at launch pad - Sriharikota.
Worked with cross-functional teams to realise hardware for launch. Had the privilege to be the team lead for Mechanical AIT of payload fairings for GSLV Mk-III M1/Chandrayaan-2 mission.

Mechanical IntegrationPayload fairingsCross-functional teamworkMechanical EngineeringSystems Engineering

System Engineer - SC

Oct 2013 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

First job out of undergrad. Started as a Mechanical Systems Integration Engineer, responsible for mechanical & avionics interfaces, and lead a team of technicians to perform integration operations of Payload fairings of PSLV and GSLV.
Still remember my first time at the launchpad at Sriharikota. Visits to launchpad became often with final assembly and pre-launch operations. Was lucky to work on the LVM3 – X mission | Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) mission, for which AIT activities kicked off a month after I joined. Designing and realising systems for the mission from scratch and witnessing a successful mission kick-started my career in space.
Completed my masters at Uni of Surrey, UK on a sabbatical between October 2016 - September 2017

Mechanical Systems IntegrationAvionics interfacesLaunchpad operationsMechanical EngineeringSystems Engineering

Research Intern

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Designed a controller for Reusable Launch Vehicle during descent phase by H∞ Mixed Sensitivity approach.
The challenge was to design a robust controller during re-entry flight regime for a typical RLV, when there is a rise in dynamic pressure which increases the coupling between directional and lateral dynamics.

Controller designReusable Launch VehicleAerospace Engineering