Mission Drishti, world’s first OptoSAR satellite, launched, Pg12

Key Highlights:

• Mission Drishti, the world’s first OptoSAR satellite, developed by GalaxEye, a Bengaluru-based space start-up, was successfully launched on Sunday.
• The launch occurred aboard a Falcon 9 by SpaceX from Vandenberg, California.
• Weighing 190 kilograms, it is India’s largest privately developed earth observation satellite.

Detailed Insights:

• Mission Drishti integrates Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors into one platform.
• This integration enables all-weather, day-and-night imaging, overcoming limitations of conventional systems.
• The satellite aims to provide reliable and consistent data acquisition across diverse environmental conditions.

Scientific/Technical Concepts Involved:

• Electro-Optical (EO): Sensors that use the properties of light to capture images.
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): A radar system that creates images of objects.

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