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GalaxEye to launch world's first commercial SAR-MSI satellite
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- Date
- Company
- GalaxEye
- What it does
- Multi-sensor satellite imagery provider
- Kind
- Launch
- Stage
- growth
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 2021
What they do
GalaxEye builds satellites that fuse synthetic aperture radar and multispectral imaging
What happened
It is launching Mission Drishti, the world's first commercial satellite with both sensors on one platform
Why it matters
The satellite is India's largest privately built satellite and enables all-weather, day-night observation
The details
- GalaxEye is preparing to launch Mission Drishti, a multi-sensor Earth observation satellite, in Q1 2026.
- Mission Drishti is the world's first commercial satellite with both SAR (synthetic aperture radar) and MSI (multispectral imaging) on a single platform.
- It is also India's largest privately built satellite.
- The satellite's fused data resolution is 1.8 metres.
- Fused imagery provides 3x more information than a standalone sensor.
The bigger picture
- GalaxEye plans to deploy 2 more satellites in the next few years and 6-7 more by the end of the decade, totalling 10 satellites by 2030.
- The constellation will enable near real-time data delivery at scale.
- Applications include defence, surveillance, disaster response, agriculture, infrastructure monitoring and climate intelligence.
About the business
- GalaxEye's SyncFused OptoSAR technology fuses SAR and MSI data to produce all-weather images.
- SAR allows observation under cloud cover, day and night.
- The company serves defence, disaster response, agriculture, infrastructure and climate sectors.
What happens next
- GalaxEye plans to deploy 2 more satellites in the next few years.
- It aims for a total constellation of 10 satellites by 2030.
Founders
- Suyash Singh, CEO and co-founder
- Denil Chawda, co-founder
- Pranit Mehta, co-founder
- Kishan Thakkar, co-founder
- Rakshit Bhatt, co-founder
About GalaxEye
- Product
- OptoSAR satellites combining optical and synthetic aperture radar for all-weather day-and-night Earth observation capabilities
- Customers
- Government agencies, defense establishments, agriculture, insurance and disaster response sectors globally
- How it makes money
- B2G and B2B model providing satellite Earth observation data and services
- What sets it apart
- Proprietary OptoSAR technology enabling weather-agnostic imaging with 66% indigenization and reduced global supply chain dependence
- Operations
- Vertically integrated satellite design and manufacturing through acquisition of StarOps with in-house engineering capabilities
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