Homegrown start-up GalaxEye to launch world’s first multi-sensor earth observation satellite

New Delhi, June 7 (KNN) GalaxEye, a space-tech start-up incubated at IIT Madras is working on the world’s first multi-sensor earth observation satellite, reported TOI.

It is building the satellite with the help of a visible spectrum camera providing synchronised imaging that can take multiple images at the same time.

The start-up is going to launch its first satellite, ‘Drishti Mission’ next year.

Suyash Singh, Denil Chawda, Kishan Thakkar, Pranit Mehta, Rakshit Bhatt and Prof S R Chakravarthy, GalaxEye founded the start-up in 2020.

They are working on deploying a satellite constellation with a first-of-its-kind sensor based on data fusion to provide the most comprehensive imagery dataset from space.

The data fusion technology developed in-house will bring unparalleled insights and data from space, enabling satellite constellations to perform all-weather imaging at all times without atmospheric interference typical of today’s single-sensor satellites.

The technology will enable the production of images with extremely high resolution via a small satellite constellation that, once fully operational, will provide global coverage in under 12 hours.  (KNN Bureau)