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India's First Fully-Indigenous Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Constellation

Sector: Telecommunications • Location: Bengaluru, India

Source: Business Line

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A consortium led by Google-backed PixxelSpace has been selected to design, build, and operate India's first fully-indigenous commercial Earth observation satellite constellation. The project involves launching a constellation of 12 Earth observation satellites equipped with various sensors including panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral, and microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The const

Status
Prospective
Sector
Telecommunications, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government
Location
Bengaluru, India
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Business Line

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The project “India's First Fully-Indigenous Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Constellation” is an infrastructure initiative in the Telecommunications sector, located in Bengaluru, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Business Line.

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A consortium led by Google-backed PixxelSpace has been selected to design, build, and operate India's first fully-indigenous commercial Earth observation satellite constellation. The project involves launching a constellation of 12 Earth observation satellites equipped with various sensors including panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral, and microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The constellation will be deployed in phases over the next four years and will provide data and services for applications such as climate change monitoring, disaster management, agriculture, infrastructure, national security, and urban planning.

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Bengaluru

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Telecommunications, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government

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2025-08-14

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