Mission Drishti

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Recently, Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye successfully launched its Mission Drishti satellite aboard Falcon 9 from California.

About Mission Drishti

• It is the world’s first multi-sensor Earth observation (EO) satellite.
• It is India’s largest privately built satellite and also the highest-resolution satellite developed in the country.
• It is planned by Bengaluru based space startup – GalaxEye.

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Key Features Mission Drishti

• It is the world’s first OptoSAR satellite, combining electro-optical (EO) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors into a single platform.
• While EO sensors capture high-resolution images in daylight and clear skies, SAR enables imaging in all weather conditions and at any time using radar pulses.
• It is engineered as a remote-sensing Earth observation system, optimised for spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions to capture high-precision imagery.
• The satellite weighs 190 kg and offers 1.5 metre resolution.
• Range of applications: It will enable governments, defence agencies and industries to perform advanced geospatial analysis across a wide range of applications, including;
  • Border surveillance, disaster management, defence, infrastructure monitoring, agriculture financial and insurance assessment etc.

Source: TH