India's First Commercial SSA Observatory
India's first commercial space situational awareness (SSA) observatory to monitor space activity is going to be set up by Digantara in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.
- At present, India provides a limited range of Multi-Object Tracking Radar at the Sriharikota range in Andhra Pradesh.
- For additional data, it accesses NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) and various other sources for SSA.
About SSA
- The observatory will be the first-of-its-kind in the region, set up to augment the start-up’s SSA capabilities.
- It will be strategically positioned to serve global space traffic management operations.
- The observatory will monitor activities ....