{"id":69069,"date":"2025-10-15T13:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69069"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:21:49","slug":"mission-drishti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mission-drishti\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Drishti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mission Drishti Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Space-tech start-up GalaxEye will launch the world&#8217;s first multi-sensor Earth observation (EO) satellite &#8216;Mission Drishti&#8217; in the first quarter of next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mission Drishti<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the world&#8217;s first <\/span><b>multi-sensor<\/b> <b>Earth observation (EO) satellite.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>India&#8217;s largest privately<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built satellite and also the highest-resolution satellite developed in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is planned by Bengaluru <\/span><b>based space startup \u2013 GalaxEye<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of Mission Drishti<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is carrying <\/span><b>synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and high-resolution optical payloads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will make available Earth observation data through any weather and at any time of the day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is envisioned to deploy <\/span><b>8-12 satellites by 2029.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is engineered as a <\/span><b>remote-sensing Earth observation system,<\/b> <b>optimised for spatial,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spectral and temporal resolutions to capture high-precision imagery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite weighs 160 kg and offers <\/span><b>1.5 metre resolution.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has successfully undergone stringent structural tests at <\/span><b>ISRO\u2019s U R Rao Satellite Centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, demonstrating its resilience to the extreme environment of space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Range of applications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will enable governments, defence agencies and industries to perform advanced geospatial analysis across a wide range of applications, including;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border surveillance, disaster management, defence, infrastructure monitoring, agriculture financial and insurance assessment etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/space-tech-firm-galaxeye-to-launch-worlds-first-multi-sensor-eo-satellite-in-2026\/article70157195.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Drishti is the world&#8217;s first multi-sensor Earth observation (EO) satellite. 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