An automated robot seller gets ready to serve people at a robot kiosk in Beijing on July 17, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on April 16, 2026 shows Awais Ahmed (R), founder and CEO of Pixxel Space Technologies, overseeing the mission control centre at his office in Bengaluru. Pixxel Space is building hyperspectral imaging satellites that provide Earth observation data to commercial customers and government agencies in India, Europe and the United States. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows a technician operating a CNC machine at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows a Vikram-S rocket model at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows a rocket model at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows a Vikram-1 orbital rocket model displayed at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows an industrial oven used to cure rocket mouldings at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on July 7, 2026 shows a Vikram-1 orbital rocket model displayed at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Skyroot Aerospace is readying the maiden test flight of the country's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4. India currently values its space economy at $8.4 billion, about three percent of the global market, private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country aims to increase that figure fivefold within seven years. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)