India’s First Indigenous Commercial EO Constellation

On 12th August 2025, IN-SPACe selected the Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India-led consortium—comprising Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics India, and Dhruva Space—to design, build, and operate India’s first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite constellation under the PPP model.

  • This is the first time in Indian space history that a private consortium will invest over ₹1,200 crore to deploy 12 advanced EO satellites equipped with panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral, and microwave SAR sensors.
  • The constellation will provide Analysis Ready Data (ARD) and Value-Added Services (VAS) for climate monitoring, disaster management, agriculture, infrastructure, marine surveillance, national security, and urban planning, while catering to global geospatial intelligence ....
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