Correct Answer : IIT Madras
IIT Madras-incubated space tech startup GalaxEye Space on 29 August 2023 launched their drone-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system, Ahead of their planned satellite launch in 2024.
The Bengaluru-based startup aims to combine the prowess of the drone-based SAR system and their planned imaging satellites to provide all-weather imaging data from space. The startup claims that this data holds value in sectors such as insurance, precision agriculture, and so on.
GalaxEye's satellite launch in Q3 of 2024 will be the latest in the long line of Indian space tech startups that are currently preparing for launching into space. Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos recently started integration of their Agnibaan rocket in SHAR, Sriharikota.
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* CEO of GalaxEye Suyash Singh said that the startup has been parallelly working on the satellite and the drone-based SAR for the last 18 months. The drone-based SAR is a technology demonstrator for the startup, he said.
* "When we founded GalaxEye in 2021, our goal was to build a Tech Demonstrator prior to embarking on satellite launch... Furthermore, it holds the potential to solve and address a multitude of commercial and strategic use cases/applications," Singh added.
* The startup claims that the drone-based SAR can conduct all-weather imaging without succumbing to atmospheric hindrances.
* N Sudheer Kumar, director of the Capacity Building Office in ISRO, said, “India is budding with young space startups. Among them, GalaxEye has been able to prove their capabilities in such a short period of time that too with difficult technologies like SAR."
* Dr. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, “Space technology is currently a very active area having several young entrepreneurs. GalaxEye Space, spun out of IIT Madras, has grown leaps and bounds since their incorporation... We shall continue to nurture and continue to support budding entrepreneurs in the several ways possible."
* GalaxEye Space patented Drishti, a camera that fuses multiple sensors to produce accurate imagery, last year. It intends to disrupt the earth observation industry by creating unique datasets using the technology integrated on a satellite..
Source : Money Control
